When we look at the word “disability”, it immediately conjures up an idea of ​​what a person cannot do, or something that is physically wrong with an individual, which l prevents us from doing something like the majority of society. can do. When society looks at a person with a disability, it relates or compares them to what is considered “normal.” It is this comparison with the majority or normality that leads society to view disability as negative. Disabilities can limit someone or, on the contrary, they can give an advantage. In this article, I will examine whether Talcott Parson's sick role applies to people with disabilities. I will also examine Michel Foucault and how his theories such as the clinical gaze and classification play into disabled sport. Additionally, I will examine how technological advances or improvements are changing the rules of the game for disabled athletes such as Oscar Pistorius. When it comes to disability, if we were to look at disabled sport and approach it from a biomedical perspective, we would use comparisons to normality, reference points of what is normal and what it means to be healthy. In a sociological approach to health, we consider the body in its entirety, beyond the simple physical level. Aristotle once said: “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts”; but what happens if a part is missing or unresponsive? The sports world views disabled athletes in a different light than able-bodied athletes. This view becomes even more distorted when bodily enhancements such as prosthetics are added to the mix. Society views the term disabled as sub-normal, weaker individuals, or sometimes in poor health, even when health has nothing to do with their disability. It appears to be human from...... middle of paper ......d December 2, 2013. http://www.aimeemullins.com/about.phpSwartz, Leslie and Brian Watermeyer. 2008. “Cyborg Anxiety: Oscar Pistorius and the Limits of What It Means to Be Human.” » Disability and Society 23(2):187-190. Vainshtein, Olga. 2012. "'I have a suitcase just full of legs because I need options for different clothes': accessorizing bodyscapes." Fashion Theory: The Journal of Clothing, Body and Culture 16(2):139-169. White, Kevin. 2009. An introduction to the sociology of health and illness. 2nd ed. London, England: SAGE Publications Ltd. Wikipedia. 2013. “The Six Million Man.” Accessed November 29, 2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man.USA Swimming. 2013. “Trischa Zorn-Hudson.” Accessed December 3, 2013. http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/9c996fd2-8691-48d4-87f4-b51a5c65133a/Trischa%20Zorn-Hudson%20Resume%202009.pdf