People with disabilities seldom get a chance to voice their opinions on their sport
experiences. A deeper understanding of the context-related experiences of sport is a …

It is estimated that there are 650 million disabled people in the world, approximately 10 per
cent of the population. 1 Over the past thirty years, the life chances and opportunities for …

Development (JSFD) entitled Disability Sport: Changing lives, changing perceptions, which
was inspired by a conference of the same name held at Coventry University, UK in …

This paper examines how the Sydney 2000 Paralympic and Olympic Games (the Games)
planning processes sought to incorporate disability and access related issues. Firstly …

This cross-sectional study examined experiential elements facilitating quality sport
experiences for youth (ages 12–24 years) in Special Olympics, and the associated …

Access to club sports is still not a given for children with ID. Parents and children report
numerous structural and social barriers to accessing mainstream sports. Sports clubs, on the …

We have already seen in a number of chapters in this edited collection that engaging in
research provides an important means of exploring and understanding the insights and …

Many professional athletes are used to being told how they ought to handle challenges, and
their adaptive (and maladaptive) responses to adversity have been reinforced by authority …

Young people with disabilities participate in sports to a lesser extent than other adolescents.
That physical activity has positive effects on young people are understood. Sports clubs are …

Background: Participation in sport is a fundamental human right [1]. Participation in sports by
people living with disabilities (PWDs) presents several mental, physical social and …