Report finds disabled students lack P.E. choices
July 12, 2010 in Special Needs News by Admin Dawn
Schools struggle to meet the physical education needs of students with disabilities, according to a recent congressional investigation conducted in Maryland and six other states.
Released in June, the report from the Government Accountability Office, which is Congress’ investigative agency, shows schools offer opportunities for PE participation to students with disabilities that are similar to those of other students, but a lack of funding and teacher training hamper those efforts in general PE classes. In addition, students with cognitive and physical disabilities are less likely to participate in extracurricular athletics.
via Report finds disabled students lack P.E. choices – wtop.com.
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I’m doing a project for KaBOOM!.org which involves exploring local playgrounds and adding them to the site’s Playspace Finder (http://playspacefinder.kaboom.org/). I’m finding a distinct lack of universally accessible activities and equipment on both public and school playgrounds. I have found one single school playground that at least has a ramp — I need to go back and get a better look at the activities that the ramp leads to. So, since most schools and towns can’t/don’t/won’t provide the equipment for unstructured play, I can’t say that I’m surprised that schools are failing to offer options for structured physical education classes.