Quad Rugby

Question 1
The article “‘I Can’t Be Standing Up Out There’’: Communicative Performances of (Dis)Ability in Wheelchair Rugby” by Kurt Lindemann identifies the various strategic performances of disability and the ways in which they challenge the existing assumptions on disability cases. Lindeman aims to dispute the existing notion that disability is a static identity marker through using various play performances. The article, therefore, attempts to smash the existing stereotypes on people with disabilities.
Question 2
The focus of this article are physically disabled bodies. The article describes how quad rugby is one of the fastest growing sports for the disabled person. Lindemann’s idea is that disabled people can outperform the current identity

In quad rugby, the players enact good performances due to the competitiveness of the game. The players have learned to develop their muscles to help improve their performances in the game despite their disabilities. In addition, Lindemann claims that many players of the game have become more mobile to meet the demands of the game. They have achieved mobility through working out their bodies such that they imitate the able-bodied person (Lindemann, 2008). He also identifies the ways in which people with disabilities have managed to challenge the existing medical gaze of classifiers through producing exciting performances that do not reflect their physical impairments. People with disabilities who engage in quad rugby have become more accommodative regarding their body movements, and this has been achieved by constant body exercises that have made their bodies stronger than before. People with disabilities, therefore, have managed to refute the existing stereotypes about them regarding their performances in

It means that these players who are referred to as “incomplete quads” had more functionality on their lower limbs than others, hence they had the ability to perform better. They may have suffered certain injuries; however, they possess more functionality than other people whose lower limbs can barely carry them. Lindemann says that as a result of this, “players often navigate the classification system by “faking” more immobility to receive a favorable classification from physical therapists” (Lindemann, 99). This can deter others who want to participate but may be unwilling because they are intimated by the fierce competition and physical skills of players who get away with “faking” more immobility. I found this part of the article to be interesting and