Sport and Disability: From Integration Continuum to Inclusion Spectrum

Inclusion in education, work, and other areas of life is discussed, with a focus on sport. Barriers to participation include lack of awareness, opportunities, facilities, and information. Chapters emphasize the importance of inclusion processes and mechanisms within sporting environments.

Format: Hardback
Length: 188 pages
Publication date: 19 June 2018
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Inclusion is a hot topic in education, with more and more United Nations member states ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This has led to a lively discussion of inclusion in various aspects of life, including the community at large, work and employment, and cultural life, recreation, leisure, and sport. This volume specifically focuses on inclusion in sport, with a particular emphasis on the participation of people with disabilities in this activity.

There are several barriers that prevent people with disabilities from participating in sport. These include a lack of awareness among people without disabilities about how to involve them effectively in teams, limited opportunities and programs for training and competition, inaccessible facilities due to physical barriers, and limited information and access to resources.

The chapters in this volume emphasize the importance of the processes and mechanisms of inclusion that operate within sporting environments and explore the potential outcomes for individuals with disabilities who enter the playing field. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of Sport in Society.

Weight: 485g
Dimension: 222 x 141 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138585386