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Adapted physical education is the art and science of developing, implementing, and monitoring a carefully designed physical education. Instructional program for a learner with a disability, based on a comprehensive assessment, to give the learner the skills necessary for a lifetime of rich leisure, recreation, and sport experiences to enhance physical fitness and wellness.
Including children with intellectual disabilities in sports programs in which they play with non-disabled athletes results in these children becoming more involved in mainstream sports, incorporating more physical activity in their daily lives and it increases their interactions with children who are not disabled.
Inclusive recreation, also known as adaptive or accessible recreation, is a concept whereby people with disabilities are given the opportunity to participate in recreational activities. Through the use of activity modifications and assistive technology , athletes or participants in sports or other recreational pursuits are able to play ...
Apr. 26—One by one, middle school students at Sandia Prep filed into the gym Thursday afternoon, all of them with the unmistakable look of excitement in their eyes. These students were getting ...
Three new adaptive cycles were recently presented to area children living with disabilities as part of the “Everybody Rides With Grace” program.
Students who have gone through adaptive sports programs were in Paris during the 2024 Paralympic Games. Jason Scott continues the quest at Tennessee
Adaptive Sports USA, has remained essentially an all-volunteer organization, drawing on the energy and commitment of the people who also benefit from its programs. Adaptive sports have also been described as the most authentic of sports enterprises because the athletes compete and develop their own opportunities for the intrinsic values of ...
Disabled or adaptive sports are played by people with a disability, including physical and intellectual disabilities. As many of these are based on existing sports modified to meet the needs of people with a disability, they are sometimes referred to as adapted sports. However, not all disabled sports are adapted; several sports that have been ...