Campus recreation inclusion for people with disabilities:  a qualitative investigation of current inclusive practices.

Spencer, Tyler

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“…To improve the living conditions of and provide more rights and protections for individuals with disabilities, the ADA was signed into law in 1990. Discourse about the ADA's implications on collegiate campus recreation programs has existed for decades (Cardinal, 1992;Fujii & Woodard, 2006;Hodges, 2000;Ross & Phillips, 1995), and the topic has certainly endured (Islam, 2017;Spencer, 2019). At the time the ADA was signed into law, the World Wide Web was also emerging (Berners-Lee & Fischetti, 1999), now, however, websites are ubiquitous (Berners-Lee, 2010).…”

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Inclusivity of collegiate campus recreation programs in region VI of NIRSA: a content analysis of websites

2020

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To improve the living conditions of and provide more rights and protections for individuals with disabilities, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in 1990. Collegiate campus recreation programs are supported by student fees and/or tuition, they are a component of the educational enterprise, and they provide students a variety of benefits. As such, they should be available to all students, including those with disabilities. This study’s purpose was to determine the inclusivity and accessibility of collegiate campus recreation programs for students with disabilities, specifically in terms of representativeness on program websites within Region VI of the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association. Twenty-four universities from Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Northern California, Oregon, Southern California, Utah, and Washington were included. Each university’s campus recreation website was reviewed for inclusive terminology, inclusive images, and inclusivity statements. Two universities accounted for 39.48% of the total number of terms used. The largest majority used only one disability-related term on their website, half used a total of eight or fewer terms, and one university used outdated terminology. Fourteen (58.33%) of the universities included no pictures of people with disabilities or adaptive equipment on their website. Only six (25%) had a collegiate campus recreation program-specific statement at their website. On the 30th anniversary of the ADA, the majority of collegiate campus recreation programs assessed in this study had only minimal information for and representation and visibility of students with disabilities at their websites. Several recommendations are advanced to improve upon this.

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Inclusivity of collegiate campus recreation programs in region VI of NIRSA: a content analysis of websites

2020

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“…Unlike the Children's Attitudes ward Integrated Physical Education-Revised (CAIPE-R; Block, 1995), the current study did not evaluate participants' competitiveness or experiences with individuals living with a disability. Contact theory suggests that students may be more inclusive if they are exposed to those individuals with disabilities more often (Allport, 1935;Silvers & Francis, 2005;Tripp et al, 1995). Future studies should include disability contact-related and competitiveness questions.…”

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“…Most recently, Spencer (2019) interviewed directors of campus recreation programs to evaluate the inclusiveness of their programs. One overarching finding was that campus recreation programs and specifically intramural sports are being designed to be more inclusive of all abilities, and even adding adapted team sports to the competition calendar including goalball, sitting volleyball, beep ball, and wheelchair basketball (Spencer, 2019).…”

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Inclusivity & Modification Attitudes in Collegiate Intramural Sport: A Pilot Study

Rougeau

Sakyi

Piletic

2022

Recreational Sports Journal

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate college students’ inclusivity and openness for modifications made for those with physical disabilities in intramural sport. Participants were 268 students from two midwestern universities. Attitudes toward inclusivity and modification were assessed using the Collegian Attitudes toward Inclusive Recreation (CAICR) Scale. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression. Results show that positive attitudes toward inclusivity increased as students got older, and male students were less likely to be inclusive compared to female students. Students majoring in education and human services fields had more positive attitudes toward inclusion than those in arts and sciences fields did. Being a non-traditional student was the only and strongest predictor of less positive attitudes toward modification. Findings demonstrate that students in the two midwestern colleges may have welcoming attitudes toward individuals with physical disabilities in intramural sports; however, they may be less willing to make modifications, particularly among non-traditional students.

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Campus recreation inclusion for people with disabilities: a qualitative investigation of current inclusive practices.

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Inclusivity of collegiate campus recreation programs in region VI of NIRSA: a content analysis of websites

Inclusivity of collegiate campus recreation programs in region VI of NIRSA: a content analysis of websites

Inclusivity & Modification Attitudes in Collegiate Intramural Sport: A Pilot Study

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