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The aim of the study is to find out to what extent do the cognitive attitudes of selected primary and lower secondary school pupils towards pupils with disabilities and attitudes to the inclusive physical education (PE) change after they experience the educational programme Paralympic school day (PSD).In total, 78 pupils (37 boys and 41 girls) aged from 9 to 14 (mean age 12.72 ± 1.22) participated in the research. In order to perform the presented research, the questionnaires CAIPECZ (attitudes towards the inclusive PE) and ACL (cognitive attitudes towards people with disabilities) were used. The change in the pupils' attitudes was assessed in the span of three weeks (before and after they experienced PSD). From the results of the performed study, it may be concluded that when the pupils went through PSD, they statistically significantly improved p < 0,001 in the area of cognitive attitudes at the small effect size coefficient (r = 0,32). However, the attitudes towards a model pupil with disabilities did not prove a statistically significant change (p = 0.27) at the effect size coefficient r = 0.09.

The purpose of the study was to identify trends in research abstracts published in the books of abstracts of the European Congress of Adapted Physical Activity from 2004 to 2012. A documentary analysis of the contents of 459 abstracts was completed. Data were coded based on subcategories used in a previous study by Zhang, deLisle, and Chen (2006) and by Porretta and Sherrill (2005): number of authors, data source, sample size, type of disability, data analyses, type of study, and focus of study. Descriptive statistics calculated for each subcategory revealed an overall picture of the state and trends of scientific inquiry in adapted physical activity research in Europe.

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the relationships among exclusion from PE, gender, and bullying in adolescents with specific developmental disorder of scholastic skills (SDDSS) aged 11, 13, and 15 years in Czechia.Methods: In total, the final research sample consisted of 13,953 students (49.4% boys) from the 2013/2014 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey. Chi-square tests and regression models stratified by presence of SDDSS diagnosis were used to assess the relationships between non-involvement in PA and bullying.Results: Students diagnosed with SDDSS (12.4% of the sample) were more likely to be excluded from physical education (PE) than students without this diagnosis. This exclusion was associated with higher odds of bullying victimization and perpetration. Our findings further showed that male gender plays a significant role for bullying perpetration for both groups (with and without SDDSS) investigated in the present study.Conclusion: Higher likelihood of aggressive behavior occurs in students who are excluded from PE, including students with SDDSS.