Sport as a Means of Inclusion and Integration for "Those of Us With Disabilities"

Kamberidou, Irene; Bonias, Alexandros; Patsantaras, Nikolaos

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“…Furthermore, a significant percentage of published scholarship concerning internationally competitive Para and Paralympic athletes analyses ‘sport’s role in eliminating social and institutional barriers and promoting inclusion,’ rather than injury prevention, mental skill, or physical performance ( Howe and Silva, 2018 ; Kamberidou et al, 2019 ). This positioning is controversial among sport scientists ( Howe, 2019 ).…”

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Safeguarding Reimagined: Centering Athletes’ Rights and Repositioning Para Sport to Chart a New Path

Tuakli‐Wosornu

Kirby

2022

Front. Psychol.

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ObjectivesPara sport has much to teach the broader sports world about safeguarding and athlete protections. By centering athletes’ human rights and underlining the rights-based philosophical underpinnings of the Paralympic Movement, we outline how sport can be safer to all players, coaches, and other participants.MethodsWe address global Human Rights conventions and their application to Para and non-disabled sport. Safe Sport is positioned as a matter of human rights. The nature of interpersonal violence that human beings experience within and outside sport is discussed. The intersectionality of vulnerable identities (related to gender, sexuality, disability, ethnicity, etc.) is reviewed in some detail.ResultsRights violations in Para and non-disabled sport illustrate both individual and organizational vulnerabilities. Individual- and organizational-level drivers of abuse, as well as various modes and types of abuse observed in Para sport, are relevant in all sport settings and should be centered in global sport safeguarding work. The rights-based core of Para and similar sports movements, exemplifies this.ConclusionFrom a Para-informed vantage point, we issue a call to action, where interpersonal violence in sport is reduced by leveraging relevant elements of the Paralympic Movement. This call asks all sport participants to reject a purely capitalist approach to sport and follow a Para sport paradigm; which embodies human achievement (including sporting success), reflects human rights and inherent human dignity, and requires a higher standard of behaviour.

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Safeguarding Reimagined: Centering Athletes’ Rights and Repositioning Para Sport to Chart a New Path

Tuakli‐Wosornu

Kirby

2022

Front. Psychol.

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“…For example, although football is perceived as an androcentric, hegemonic or male-dominated sport, emphasizing masculinity and sharing an affinity with war, including its metaphors on heroism, sacrifice and honor, after the 2004 European Championship, it became the most popular sport for women as well (Kamberidou, 2019;Kamberidou, Bonias & Patsantaras, 2019;Kefi-Chatzichamperi, Kamberidou & Patsantaras, 2021;Maguire & Poulton, 1999;Patsantaras, 2015a,b;Whannel 2002).…”

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Experiencing the Myth: Greekness and the German Hero

Patsantaras

Kamberidou

2022

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This article explores the influence that an unexpected athletic success can have on the construction of national identity while attempting to answer the question on how such a success can be used as a means to overcome national crises. Using a reflective analysis, this study examines the impact of the Euro 2004 Championship on Greece’s national identity, highlighting the correlation between two events associated with Greekness, to wit national pride and Hellenic identity in the sport, economic and social contexts. The first event was the unpredicted victory of the Greek football team in 2004, thanks to their German coach Otto Rehhagel, and the second Rehhagel’s visit to Athens in March 2013, in his informal role of political mediator, in an attempt to contribute to restoring Greek-German friendship which had been shattered during the country’s period of economic memorandums. This conceptual paper uses a qualitative discourse analysis to explain and understand human action through an examination of media texts and symbolic narratives: the headlines and narratives on the Euro 2004 victory in the Greek and foreign press and media, along with the slogans used by football fans after each victory, voicing the ‘superiority’ of Greekness. Article visualizations:<img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0935/a.php" alt="Hit counter" />

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“…Sporting events provide valuable opportunities for children to have fun, engage in physical activity and forge connections in their community ( 1 ). However, children with disability face multiple personal, interpersonal and structural barriers to participating in sports, particularly competitive events, and are less likely to participate than children without disability ( 2 – 4 ). Diversity in children’s sporting competitions has widespread community benefits ( 5 ) and, for children with a disability, sport can play a valuable role in promoting dignity, equality and belonging ( 6 ).…”

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True inclusion: evaluation protocol for an approach to increase meaningful participation of children with disability in athletics

Haynes,

Pearce,

Kirby

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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Children with disability face many barriers to participating in community sports. Little Athletics Australia aims to increase fair and meaningful inclusion via a new structure which will enable all children to take part in the same contest by competing for their ‘personal best’ score. Named the True Inclusion Method (TIM), this new structure will be piloted in 13 sites across six states. Formative evaluation of this pilot will critique TIM and its implementation using observations of events, and interviews and surveys with child athletes with and without disability, their parents/carers and Little Athletics volunteers. Implementation outcomes are acceptability, appropriateness, adoption, feasibility and fidelity. Qualitative data will be analysed thematically. TIM is designed to encourage inclusive participation by children with disability in sporting events, and to improve the competitive experience for all children by celebrating personal achievement and fostering fun.

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Sport as a Means of Inclusion and Integration for "Those of Us With Disabilities"

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Safeguarding Reimagined: Centering Athletes’ Rights and Repositioning Para Sport to Chart a New Path

Safeguarding Reimagined: Centering Athletes’ Rights and Repositioning Para Sport to Chart a New Path

Experiencing the Myth: Greekness and the German Hero

True inclusion: evaluation protocol for an approach to increase meaningful participation of children with disability in athletics

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