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On Thursday, with 110 days until the start of the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, Wikinews interviewed Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership, Sport Studies and Educational/Counseling Psychology at Washington State University Simon Ličen about attitudes in United States towards the Paralympics.
Licen has recently joined the Sport Management Program at Washington State University to develop its sport media and communication research and teaching contents.   Originally from Slovenia, he served as the Director of Media and Communications of a WTA Tour event and was a member of the UNESCO Slovenian National Commission.  He was also the Team Manager of the Slovenian wheelchair basketball national team.
((Wikinews)) : Why do you think the Paralympic movement has so little visibility in the US compared to other countries like Australia, the United Kingdom and even Canada?
((WN)) :  What do you think the impact will be for the Paralympic movement will be with the Games being televised live in the United States for first time?
((WN)) : What role should the media be playing in promoting the Paralympic Games? Why does the US media provide so little coverage of the Paralympics compared to other sports?
((WN)) :  What role does the fact that the Paralympics are about people with disability competing at sport play in the American public's reception of the Paralympics?
((WN)) : Is the fact the US Olympic Committee is the national Paralympic Committee a hinderance or help in the development of the Paralympic movement in the US?
((WN)) : What conditions need to exist in the US for Paralympic athletes to get sponsorship similar to their Olympic counterparts?
((WN)) : Many countries provide federal money to support their Olympic and Paralympic athletes.  Should the US consider this as a way of increasing visibility for the Paralympics, supporting increased opportunities for people with disabilities and increasing the US Paralympic medal count?

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Wikinews interviews academic Simon Ličen about attitudes towards US Paralympics