Paralympics

Hello everyone, today I have moved on to another category for our task in lockdown week 2. For this task, we have to learn more about the Paralympics by completing different tasks, and we have to make sure to put it on our blog after we have picked 3 tasks about this. I think carefully when I picked these three tasks, and I'm happy when I learned more about them. Like when I heard of the 2020 mascot named Someity also sounds like 'so mighty', she is a superhero and she is there to celebrate the people who have superhuman power. I was satisfied, with how my research turns out and I'm happy to look more depth about Paralympics since I don't watch any of the athletics games so I know nothing about it. 

First task:

1. The 1964 Summer Paralympics, also known as the Paralympic Tokyo 1964, were the second Paralympic Games to be held. They were originally known as the 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games.

Tokyo 2020

- Tokyo will be the first city in history to host the Paralympic Games twice. There were 21 countries and 378 Paralympians who competed in nine different sports in 1964, this first Paralympics game was held in Asia. 

Tokyo 1964

- Tokyo 1964 was the first time the term "Paralympics" was used in the official documentation. It was held immediately following the Olympic Games, using some of the same venues.

About disabled 

- According to two para-athletes who competed in Asia's first Summer Games, Tokyo's first Paralympics in 1964 helped change societal perspectives on people with disabilities in Japan, driving a paradigm shift from pity to empowerment. 

Hideo Kondo, who competed in archery, wheelchair basketball, and other sports in 1964, described the event as "life-changing." He witnessed the chasm that existed at the time between what it meant to be a Japanese para-athlete and how overseas athletes perceived themselves and were perceived by others.

Changes made

- As it started, Japan put so much effort just to improve accessibility and inclusion, but many were complaining that there was much work that needs to be done. In Tokyo, 4,400 athletes with disabilities will compete in the world's largest parasports tournament. 

It's a place for sporting history, but organizers hope it will change people's attitudes towards people with disabilities. 

"It's a priceless event," said Masaaki Suwa, a Japanese para-canoeist who didn't make the Tokyo Games but will be rooting for Japan's team on TV. 

"They are accomplishing wonderful things, but they are not superhumans. I want people to understand that they, too, are human beings "AF was told by the 35-year-old

Second task: This one was about the Mascot Someity

Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Mascot is a pretty interesting person with powerful powers and tactile cherry flower sensors. For telepathic powers, SOMEITY can use its sensors on the sides of its head, fly its Ichimatsu pattern cap and even move items without touching them. Mascot Someity has a peaceful, silent personality, guided by strong internal strength, but can show incredible powers that symbolize Paralympic competitors' tenacity and dedication. Sometimes you like being in nature and can connect with natural elements like stones and the wind, for example.

Courage: it embraces the Paralympian's unique personality, which tries to achieve what the general population considers to be surprising, but the Para athletes are truthful. It symbolizes someone who exceeds their circumstances and demonstrates their genuine value.

Determination: the expression of Para-athletes' goal to push their physical strength to the ultimate maximum. A Paralympian is going to push himself to the limit to achieve what he wants to do. 

Inspiration: when the stories and achievements of Para athletes are brought about by strong and personal affection, the impact is on the individual's life. Paralympians serve as an example to others, using their accomplishments to lead the way.

Equality: para-sport is an agent of power in order to tear up societal discriminatory obstacles for people with disabilities. The Paralympic movement recognizes that people of equal value have the same meaning, regardless of their differences. Someity people live in the digital world and can move freely through the internet between them and the real world.

Third task: This is about what we value/or what is value?

In the way you live and work, your values are things that you think are important. They (should) define your priorities and, in-depth, they are likely to be the tools you employ to tell us whether your life works as you please. Usual pleasant things - you are contented and happy – are excellent when the things you do and the way you act to match your values. But it's when things feel wrong that when they aren't matched with your personal values. This might be a true source of discontent.

For me, I have a lot of personal values, such as achievement, kindness, honesty, healthy, learning, and love.

Therefore, it is highly necessary to make a conscious effort to discover your values. People value things to themselves, and it gets tightly connected when they have anything. The simple effects of ownership make people more equal than equal persons like their house, a mug, and even initials. We have various experiences of life, which encourage people to value things differently. Someone born in a hustling community can appreciate the goodness and kindness of its excesses, and anyone born in a community that appreciated parties and messes about people working hard. Tools and practices that assist us or others are tied to their values. In our subjective sense of how they benefited ourselves and those around us, we come to "value," more than other people.