ABSTRACT
The first part of this chapter problematises the linguistic and philosophical bases of legacy by drawing upon the work of Wittgenstein (1969). Here we also note the epistemic struggles engendered by attempts to evaluate legacy and deliberate upon the assumed efficacy of sporting spectacles to ‘leave a legacy’. This deconstruction of legacy is followed by an attempt to reconstruct it through analyses of disability legacy prospectively and retrospectively. The prospective analysis examines disability legacy in the Olympic and Paralympic bid documents. While the retrospective analysis may be expressed through the following question: how did London 2012 change the social, cultural and economic position of disability?
