Eli A. Wolff TEDx talk: Olympian, Femalympian, Paralympian? Power of inclusion in sport

Eli A. Wolff directs the Inclusive Sports Initiative at the Institute for Human Centered Design, and is the co-director of the Royce Fellowship for Sport and Society at Brown University.

From 2001 to 2010, Eli was the manager of research and advocacy at the Center for Sport in Society at Northeastern University. He also led a global effort to include provisions addressing sport and recreation within the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Eli organised the national disability sport organisations to support professional golfer Casey Martin in his successful case against the PGA, and he helped to establish the ESPY Award for Best Male and Female Athlete with a Disability.

Eli is on the board of directors for the United States Olympians and Paralympians Alumni Association as well as Partners for Youth with Disabilities. Eli was a member of the Varsity soccer team at Brown and was a member of the United States Paralympic Soccer Team in the 1996 and 2004 Paralympic Games.






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