Special Olympics (eBook, ePUB)

Inclusion Debates and Equity in Sport
Redaktion: Kiuppis, Florian; Schwarz, Daniela

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The book brings academic work on Special Olympics and social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities, through empirical research and theoretically informed papers. It contributes to participatory approaches to research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003803782
• Artikelnr.: 68781194

Autorenporträt

Florian Kiuppis is Professor of Theories, Concepts and Methods of Inclusive Education at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Freiburg, Germany and Professor of Education with a focus on Special Education / Inclusion at NLA University College, Bergen, Norway. He is also the head of the scientific committee for Special Olympics Germany. Daniela Schwarz is Postdoctoral Fellow and Teaching Advisor at Technical University Munich and Clinical Director, Special Olympics Germany, for the Health Discipline Strong Minds, and member of the scientific committee for Special Olympics Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Special Olympics in Context of Inclusion Debates 1. The
community inclusion of athletes with intellectual disability: a
transnational study of the impact of participating in Special Olympics 2.
Engagement with Special Olympics by the general public in 17 countries
world-wide 3. Parenting Special Olympians: an agenda for ethnographic
engagement4. Assessing changes in the self-reported community inclusion of
persons with intellectual disability: contrasts between participants in
Special Olympics and non-participants 5. 'Life is team play': social
inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in the context of
Special Olympics 6. Dream team: team sports in a community of adults with
intellectual disability: How can participation in team sports develop the
social competencies of people with intellectual disability? 7. The subject
of Special Olympics: interrogating the inclusive potentials of a sport
movement from an ableism-critical perspective