The Paralympic Games often promote the social participation of people with disabilities and can be a catalyst for raising public awareness of the social inclusion of people with disabilities. To discuss the social inclusion of people with disabilities, however, it is important to review the history of the social inclusion of women, who have historically been a target of discrimination and social exclusion. To consider this issue particularly in relation to the Paralympics, we must first ask how women`s participation in the Olympics has progressed, on what basis objections were raised against women`s participation, and what factors helped to promote their participation. Based on these points, we can examine how and to what extent female athletes` participation in the Paralympic Games has been realized.
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