Download or read book Sports for the Athletically Impaired written by Tom Raabe and published by Fulcrum Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humorist Raabe has created a new kind of sports book for the millions of athletically impaired people. From alpine skiing to power walking, Sports for the Athletically Impaired makes the impossible seem, well, at best probable on a good day when fate has taken a holiday. 24 illustrations.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Sports Recreation for People with Visual Impairments written by Andrew Leibs and published by IAP. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not long ago, most blind and visually impaired people grew up without ever playing sports; they sat on the sidelines, and kept score during gym—protected rather than included. In the 1980s, few people had ever heard of the Paralympic Games or accessible recreation. Today, promising blind athletes can receive residency at the US Olympic Training Center; runners compete for prize money and national championships, and most ski resorts offer adaptive programs throughout the year where blind people can ski, cycle, and kayak—often for free. The Paralympic movement, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and ever-increasing expectation for inclusion among the disabled have inspired an explosion of accessible sports, fitness, and recreation programs that accommodate the blind. The Encyclopedia of Sports & Recreation for People with Visual Impairments is the first consumer-focused, action-oriented guide to this new world of accessible activity, profiling the people, programs, and products that are helping move blind and visually impaired people from the sidelines into the game. This groundbreaking guide profiles every accessible blind sport and recreation activity with entries that outline how athletes (both novice and elite) got involved in the sport and how participation has shaped their life. The book also profiles major blind sports organizations and includes chapter and resource listings on camps and accessible recreation providers. Through this book, blind people will be inspired to embrace sports as the rest of society does—as a vital component of personal expression and human interaction that opens paths to adventure, confidence, and lifelong health and fitness.
Download or read book Disability and Sport written by Karen P. DePauw and published by Human Kinetics Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive reference of the past, present, and future of disability sport. It brings together under one cover the most current information available on this emerging and important field. In Disability and Sport, the authors describe the historical context for disability sport today and trends for the future, provide an understanding of the issues and complexity of disability sport, increase the awareness of sport modifications and the multitude of sport opportunities available worldwide to athletes with disabilities, and present biographical sketches of athletes with disabilities who have excelled in sport. The book also presents information on a wide variety of disability sport issues and research findings, including classifications and integration; sports medicine; barriers, and what has been done to eliminate them; female athletes with disabilities; and more.
Download or read book Disability Sport written by Karen P. DePauw and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2005 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With its primary focus on adult athletes in competitions, Disability Sport, Second Edition, contains in-depth coverage of essential issues, including the historical context of disability and sport; the organizations, competitions, and sport opportunities for athletes with disabilities; the international perspective; current challenges and controversies in disability sport; and the coaching and training of athletes with disabilities including sports medicine issues, activity modifications, equipment uses, and even management for both adults and children" --
Download or read book Physical Education and Sports for People with Visual Impairments and Deafblindness written by Lauren J. Lieberman and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2013 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From three prominent educators and athletes comes this important new sourcebook on teaching the skills that will enable both children and adults with visual impairments and deafblindness to participate in physical education, recreation, sports, and lifelong health and fitness activities.Physical Education and Sports for People with Visual Impairments and Deafblindness includes methods of modifying physical skills instruction; techniques for adapting sports and other physical activities; teaching methods and curriculum points for physical skills instruction throughout the lifespan; and information about sports and related activities, providing rules, adaptations, and information about competition options. It is an ideal manual for physical educators, adapted physical education specialists, teachers of students with visual impairments, orientation and mobility specialists, occupational and recreational therapists, and anyone else interested in sports and recreation for persons who are visually impaired or deafblind.
Download or read book Sports for the Handicapped written by George Thomas Stafford and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sport and Disabled Athletes written by Claudine Sherrill and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olympischer-Kongress, Geistigbehindert, Behindertensport.
Download or read book Sport and Disability written by Florian Kiuppis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inclusion is primarily discussed in education. With the increasing number of member states of the United Nations ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, academics have vividly discussed inclusion in the context of other areas of life, such as the community at large, as ‘social inclusion’ in the context of work and employment, and with regard to the aspects addressed by Article 30.5 of the Convention, namely cultural life, recreation, leisure, and sport. This volume is organized around the topic inclusion in sport and has a particular focus on the participation of people with disabilities in sport. Typical barriers for people with disabilities to participate in sport include lack of awareness on the part of people without disabilities as to how to involve them in teams adequately; lack of opportunities and programmes for training and competition; too few accessible facilities due to physical barriers; and limited information on and access to resources. The chapters attribute central importance to the processes and mechanisms of inclusion that operate within sporting environments and to the question of either what happens or could happen to persons with disabilities who enter the playing field. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of Sport in Society.
Download or read book A Comprehensive Analysis of the Factors Affecting the Development of Expertise in Athletes with Impairments written by Nima Dehghansai and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract Objective: The overarching purpose of this dissertation was to provide an overview of impairment-related factors that influence Paralympic sport (PS) athletes sporting trajectory by examining various stages of the pathway including initiation and recruitment, development, and transfer. First, a modified version of Newells constraints-led model was introduced to collate current literature and highlight the complexity of the factors that facilitate or debilitate development. Second, the demographic and sporting characteristics of participants attending the Paralympian Search events were examined with subsequent recommendations to optimize this process. Third, a detailed overview of Australian and Canadian Paralympic sport athletes developmental trajectories, training histories, and experience in organized sports was explored while controlling for athletes onset of impairment. Last, factors impacting athletes decision to retire and/or transfer between sports were identified, which led to propositions to optimize initiatives to support athletes transfer. Methods: This dissertation used a concurrent mixed-methods approach by using the Paralympian Search survey to collect data for study 1 (Chapter 3), a modified Developmental History of Athletes Questionnaire (DHAQ) to collect data for study 2 (Chapters 4, 5, and 6), and semi-structured interviews to gain insight to coaches and athletes perspective of talent transfer (study 3, Chapter 7). A descriptive analysis along parametric (ANOVAs and Bonferroni post-hoc tests) and non-parametric (Kruskal-Wallis tests with Mann-Whitney U post-hoc procedures) tests were used to examine the quantitative data while thematic analysis guided the exploration of the qualitative data. Results: Several key findings were identified across the studies including 1) the lack of female athletes or participants from rural areas at the Search events, 2) transfer being perceived as an alternative to retirement, yet, currently only being implemented informally in less than ideal conditions, and the 3) strong synergy between athletes previous (Paralympic and able-bodied) sports to their current PS. However, the most notable finding was the influence of impairment-onset on athletes sporting trajectories. More specifically, athletes with congenital and early-acquired impairments (pre-adolescence, adolescence) reached developmental and performance milestones at younger chronological ages than athletes with late-onset impairment (acquired during adulthood), while the latter groups fast-tracked to achieve these milestones at an earlier point in their careers. There were no significant differences in the amount of training accumulated over athletes careers; however, each group demonstrated a different training profile (i.e., hours devoted to each training condition varied between groups). In addition, athletes with impairments acquired during adulthood incorporated some of the training conditions earlier in their careers in comparison to athletes with a congenital or early-onset impairment. Conclusions: The collation of findings suggests different resources may be necessary for athletes at different stages of their careers depending when the onset of impairment occurred, including more specialized pathways with access to key resources for athletes with late-onset impairments and opportunity for multi-sport programs for athletes with congenital and early-onset impairments. In addition, there is a need for initiatives to support the involvement of more female athletes, participants in rural areas, and athletes looking to transfer sports. However, the complexity and dynamics of development, including impairment-related factors, emphasize the need to consider more in-depth, individualized approaches to understanding athlete development in the Paralympic context.
Download or read book Handbook of Disability Sport and Exercise Psychology written by Jeffrey J. Martin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically, very few sport and exercise psychologists and professionals from related fields such as disability and rehabilitation have conducted thorough research on individuals with disabilities engaged in sport and exercise. The tide is turning, however, as growing media attention and familiarity with the Paralympics and the Wounded Warrior Project begins capturing the attention of researchers everywhere. By addressing this gap, Jeffrey J. Martin's compelling Handbook of Disability Sport and Exercise Psychology is one of the first comprehensive overviews of this important and emerging field of study. In this volume, Martin, an accomplished professor of sport and exercise psychology, shines a light on a variety of topics ranging from philosophy, athletic identity, participation motivation, quality of life, social and environmental barriers, body image, and intellectual impairments among many other issues. Based on the author's own experience and insight, a majority of these topic discussions in this volume are accompanied by thoughtful directions for future research and exploration. Designed to spark conversation and initiate new avenues of research, the Handbook of Disability Sport and Exercise Psychology will allow for readers to look outside the traditional literature focusing largely on able-bodied individuals and, instead, develop a much greater perspective on sport and exercise psychology today.
Download or read book Embodiment Identity and Disability Sport written by Ben Powis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the complex relationship between embodiment, identity and disability sport, based on ethnographic research with an international-level visually impaired cricket team. Alongside issues of empowerment, classification and valorisation, it conceptualises the sensuous dimension of being in disability sport and challenges the idealised notion of the sporting body. It explores the players’ lived experiences of participating and competing in an elite disabled sport culture and uses an embodied theoretical approach drawing upon sociology, phenomenology and contemporary disability theory to examine aspects of this previously unexamined research "site," both on and off the pitch. Written in a way that values and accurately represents the participants’ traditionally marginalised voices, the book analyses the role that elite disability sport plays in the construction of identity and helps us to better understand the relationships between disability, sport and wider society. Embodiment, Identity and Disability Sport is essential reading for any student, researcher, practitioner or policymaker working in disability sport, and a source of useful new perspectives for anybody with an interest in the sociology of sport or disability studies.
Download or read book Wrightslaw Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2019 written by Peter Wright and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wrightslaw Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2019 is designed to make it easier for you to stay up-to-date on new cases and developments in special education law.Learn about current and emerging issues in special education law, including:* All decisions in IDEA and Section 504 ADA cases by U.S. Courts of Appeals in 2019* How Courts of Appeals are interpreting the two 2017 decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court* Cases about discrimination in a daycare center, private schools, higher education, discrimination by licensing boards in national testing, damages, higher standards for IEPs and "least restrictive environment"* Tutorial about how to find relevant state and federal cases using your unique search terms
Download or read book Sports Outdoor Recreation and Games for Visually and Physically Impaired Individuals written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sport for the Physically Handicapped written by Sir Ludwig Guttmann and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 1976 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sport Coaching and Intellectual Disability written by David Hassan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are more opportunities than ever before for young people with disabilities to participate in sport and adapted physical education. For example, there are more than 3.7 million athletes worldwide aligned to the Special Olympics organisation, with national associations active in more than 200 countries worldwide. Despite this rapid growth, all too often coaches and teachers lack adequate knowledge of the particular challenges faced by people with intellectual disabilities. The principal aim of this book is to improve the understanding and professional skills of coaches, teachers, practitioners and researchers, to promote awareness of successful programmes addressing the needs of such young people, and to challenge the prevailing myths and stereotypes surrounding their abilities. With contributions from leading researchers and practitioners around the world, this book is the first to explore in depth the topic of sport and intellectual disability from a coaching perspective. Including both theoretical discussion and empirical case-studies, the book covers a full range of contemporary issues and themes, including training and coaching, family support, perceptions of disability, athlete motivation, positive sport experiences, motor development programmes, and social and cultural aspects of disability. Sport Coaching and Intellectual Disability is important reading for any student, researcher, coach, teacher, manager or policy maker with an interest in disability sport, physical education, coaching, or mainstream disability studies.
Download or read book Sport Instruction for Individuals with Disabilities written by and published by Amer Alliance for Health Physical. This book was released on 1977 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, written for teachers by teachers, includes articles by 14 contributing authors and is divided into three sections. Section 1 is entitled "Practical Pointers for Team Sports" and contains the following chapters: "Mainstreaming the Physically Handicapped for Team Sports" (S. J. Grosse); "Program Guide to Team Soccer for the Mentally Handicapped" (J. Dover, D. Szymanski); and "Wheelchair Basketball: Individual Skills and Drills" (R. Smith, E. Owen). Section 2, entitled "Practical Pointers for Individual/Dual Sports," contains the following chapters: "Bowling for Individuals with Disabilities" (Young American Bowling Alliance); "Golf" (J. Cowart); "Gymnastics Instruction" (K. Allen); "Mainstreaming the Disabled for Individual Sports" (S. J. Grosse); "Pickle-Ball: A Fun Court Game for Everyone" (J. U. Stein); "Principles and Practices for Championship Performances in Wheelchair Field Events"; "Principles and Practices for Championship Performances in Wheelchair Track Events"; "Sports Adaptations for Students with Crutches: Badminton, Golf, Archery, Tennis" (J. Cowart); "Sports Adaptations for Unilateral and Bilateral Upper-limb Amputees: Archery, Badminton, Baseball, Softball, Bowling, Golf, Table Tennis" (J. Cowart); "Teacher-made Adapted Devices for Archery, Badminton, and Table Tennis" (J. Cowart); "Teaching Tennis to Students with Disabilities" (R. Hester, B. Parks); "Track and Field for ALL Persons" (S. J. Gavron); and "Weight Training for Wheelchair Sports." Section 3, "Practical Pointers for Organization and Administration," contains the following chapters: "Computer Applications in Physical Education and Sport for the Disabled" (J. U. Stein); "Planning and Implementing Intramural Programs for Special Populations" (S. J. Grosse); and "Safety and Injury Prevention for Persons with Disabilities" (T. J. Birk). (LL)
Download or read book Disability Sport 2nd Edition written by and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
