Enhancing the Full Potential of Persons with Disabilities through Sports in the 21st Century

Wanderi, Mwangi P; Mwisukha, A.; Bukhala, Peter

doi:10.18061/dsq.v29i4.1010

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“…Infrastructure environmental constraints directly hinder or facilitate development and performance through how they affect availability, accessibility, and/or affordability (Mwangi et al, 2009;Goodridge et al, 2015;Kean et al, 2017). Availability and accessibility to training facilities (e.g., curb cuts, location of change rooms/bathrooms) has been a long-standing barrier for Para sport athletes (Jaarsma et al, 2014;Martin and Whalen, 2014;Martin-Ginis et al, 2016).…”

Section: Infrastructure Environmental Constraintsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding the Development of Elite Parasport Athletes Using a Constraint-Led Approach: Considerations for Coaches and Practitioners

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For the past half-century, the Paralympic Games has continued to grow, evident through increased participation, media recognition, and rising research focus in Para sport. While the competitive pool of athletes has increased, athlete development models have stayed relatively the same. Currently, coaches rely mainly on experiential knowledge, informal communication with colleagues, and theory transferred from able-bodied contexts as main resources to support development for themselves and their athletes. The purpose of this paper was to introduce Newell's constraint-led model and its multidimensional spectrum and practical scope to address the complexities of athlete development. The model consists of three overarching constraint categories (i.e., individual, task, and environment) along with proposed additional sub-categories to capture nuances associated in Para sport in order to provide additional context to coaches regarding athlete development. Utilizing this theoretical framework, we present a holistic approach for coaches and practitioners to consider while addressing athletes' short-and longterm developmental plans. This approach highlights the interactions among factors from a wide range of categories that indirectly and directly impact one another and ultimately influence athletes' developmental processes. It is important to consider the dynamic interaction of constraints over various timescales during development and identify underlying issues to improve athlete experience and maximize developmental opportunities. Coaches and practitioners can use the proposed framework as a guide to key factors to consider for their cohort of athletes. This approach provides a context-specific approach that considers unique factors associated with athletes and their environment.

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Section: Infrastructure Environmental Constraintsmentioning

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Understanding the Development of Elite Parasport Athletes Using a Constraint-Led Approach: Considerations for Coaches and Practitioners

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“…It is a well-established fact that physical activities including sports, build self-esteem and self-acceptance, as well as enhance physical, mental, and emotional health [12]. This has been known to medicine as far back as B.C.…”

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“…Wanderi [12] looked at the role of sports in the lives of Kenyans in educational institutions and communities on a whole. The Government of Kenya in 1988 outlined a decade plan for the integration of education to the tertiary and post graduate level, where both physically challenged and those desirous of working with the disabled would receive equal training in the universities, a program which spread across academic and sports departments.…”

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confidence: 99%

Coping with Visual Impairment: Helping our Patients Face the Truth

McIntosh¹

2018

Causes and Coping With Visual Impairment and Blindness

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This chapter explores the factors influencing patients' ability to cope with imminent visual impairment (blindness) as well as methods that can be used to aid patients to rid stereotypes associated with their visual impairment. The factors that influence a patient's ability to cope with blindness can stem from both biological and social backgrounds; biological as it relates to age and social, meaning individuals that are in contact with the patient on a daily basis. Older patients tend to have more difficulty coping with blindness because they have established norms while children tend to feed of their parents' view of their visual impairment. Some patients practice a more spiritual approach to coping with their visual impairment. Although studies have been inconclusive; patients who pray and practice faith tend to have a more positive attitude towards their situation. Participating in sports can also help the visually impaired to have a more positive attitude towards themselves.

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