Disability Sport

Abstract

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.

Promoting social inclusion through Unified Sports for youth with intellectual disabilities: a five‐nation study

“…In part this is affected by the choice of sports, in that in the countries where basketball was played by Unified teams, a higher ratio of female players was found. Hence, a wider range of sports is one strategy to encourage the greater participation of women (DePauw & Gavron 2005), although further research could usefully elucidate the factors for the differential recruitment by gender into sports activities.…”

Inclusion and SEN coaching: how accelerated learning and ‘workplace’ immersion can help develop core sport coaching skills

“…However, there remains little evidence and literature relating to how coaching SEN groups can potentially contribute to wider coach learning and education. This is despite the evidence supporting the role of coaches in disability performance sport (Cregan, Bloom, and Reid, ; Bush and Silk, ), the identification of a gap in coach education for coaching people with disabilities (Duarte and Culver, ; Vargas, Flores, and Beyer, ), the emerging body of work that relates to disability sport (DePauw and Gavron, ; Martin and Whalen, ; Eichberg, ) and how participants within various types of SEN and disability can best be aided in pursuing sporting endeavours, education, and participation (Arduini and Chiusaroli, ; Department for Education [DfE] and Department of Health [DoH], ).…”

Sports and Disability

“…These games are still held today. In recognition of the need for an international competitive venue for disabled athletes, the Olympic-style events termed the Paralympics were first held in Rome in 1960 [4]. Four hundred athletes with paralysis, from 23 countries, were present and competed in 8 sports.…”

“…Sports for those with physical disabilities were introduced during World War II by Dr. Ludwig Guttman in England, a neurosurgeon and director of a spinal cord injury program at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. The clinicians in this program used physical activity as part of the recovery process, which evolved into competition among those in their rehabilitation programs [3].…”