Disability Sport, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive and practical look at the past, present, and future of disability sport. Topics covered are inclusive of youth through adult participation with in-depth coverage of the essential issues involving athletes with disabilities. This new edition has updated references and new chapter-opening outlines that assist with individual study and class discussions. The book contains an up-to-date and comprehensive synthesis of information on -disability sport in its historical context; -organizations, competitions, and sport opportunities for athletes with disabilities; -international perspectives; and -coaching and training of athletes with disabilities, including sports medicine issues, activity modifications, equipment uses, and event management for both adults and children. In addition, the book addresses current challenges and controversies in disability sport (e.g., inclusion and integration, classification, ethics issues, doping, and equity issues) and looks into the future of disability sport. It includes minibiographies of standouts in disability sport from around the world. Students and professionals can use Disability Sport, Second Edition, as a springboard to further research; as an up-to-date reference; and as a tool in working with, or preparing to work with, athletes with disabilities.
Inclusion has been a topic of discussions and debate among adapted physical activity professionals since the 1980s. Although the initial discussions focused primarily on inclusion as a place or placement, the discourse today about inclusion must be expanded to incorporate issues of context, disability rights, and social justice. Inclusion must now be reconceptualized as an attitude or a process. Progressive inclusion and acceptance is not a myth but a reality. As international attention and efforts are focused on physical education as a right of all children, APA professionals must forego bandwagons and adopt a strong philosophical stance that guides our efforts toward achieving inclusive physical education.
Over the past 30 years, the focus of sport for individuals with disabilities has changed from rehabilitation to competition (DePauw, 1985a; Huber, 1984; Lindstrom, 1984). Today there are many opportunities through which athletes with disabilities can demonstrate their athletic abilities (Clarke, 1986). As the sport movement for individuals with disabilities continues to evolve, one can only envision a future which lies in the hands of research and technology, youth sport programs for the disabled, effective governance, and increased public awareness and acceptance (DePauw & Clarke, 1985; Steadward & Walsh, 1985). Research has not only provided preliminary knowledge and understanding of sport for individuals with disabilities, but has also facilitated much of the change (Steadward & Walsh, 1985). Sport for individuals with disabilities has been described in terms of history (
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