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We are delighted to share this comprehensive list of resources to assist with the inclusion of people with disabilities in community sports and recreation. The resources are divided into sections listed below, so please scroll down if there is a section you are particularly interested in.
Before that (drum roll drum roll…) we are delighted to present our ‘Disability & Diversity: Education to Promote Active Living‘ project infographics. Please browse, download, read, distribute, display and enjoy!
Road Map to Inclusion
Why Inclusion Matters
Meeting a Person with a Disability
First Involvement in Sport & Recreation
The Anatomy of Best Practice
Adapting Activities
What Should I Say? – Words with Dignity
Actions Speak Louder than Words – Non-Verbal Communication
Invisible Disabilities
The Outcomes of Inclusive Sport
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This project was made possible due to the support of the Victoria Foundation.
Topic
1. Disability Awareness & Inclusion Training Materials
2. Language
3. General/Disability Organizations
4. Benefits of Sport & Recreation for People with Disabilities
5. Challenging Stereotypes; Where do the Myths come From?
6. The Paralympic Games
7. Meeting People with Disabilities, Including First Involvement
8. Access
9. Definitions of Disability
10. Changing and Challenging Attitudes & Mindsets
11. Statistics for Canada
12. Inclusive Recreation
13. Sport for Life for People with Disabilities (Physical Literacy)
14. Disability Awareness & Inclusion
15. Federal Level Law
16. Healthy Lifestyles for People with Disabilities
17. Invisibile Disabilities
18. Coaching Athletes with a Disability – Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD)
19. Best Practices
20. Existing Opportunities for People with Disabilities in Sports & Recreation
21. Specific Disabilities
22. Reverse Integration
23. Comic Relief & Misc.
Topic 1. Disability Awareness & Inclusion Training Materials
The Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability’s ‘Moving to Inclusion’ Powerpoint Presentation
Sport for Life, Andrea Carey’s Awareness & First Involvement Checklists
The National Centre on Workforce and Disability ‘s Basic Etiquette: People with Mental Illness
The Canucks Autism Networks’ Physical Literacy Guide
The University of Victoria/CanAssists’s Creating Opportunities for All (Inclusion Presentation)
The University of Victoria/CanAssists’s Creating Opportunities for All (Inclusion Presentation) (Version 2)
The University of Victoria/CanAssists’s Creating Opportunities for All (Inclusion Presentation) (Version 3)
The Canadian Paralympic Committee’s Changing Minds, Changing Lives (Presentation)
The Canadian Paralympic Committee’s FUNdamentals Resource
The Canadian Paralympic Committee’s Changing Minds, Changing Lives: HealthCare Professionals as Key Influences (Presentation)
The Coaching Association of Canada’s Coaching Athletes with a Disability
Confederation College’s Disability Awareness: ‘The Basics’ (Presentation)
Dash BC’s Guide to the Inclusion of School Children in After-School Programs
The Active Living Resource for Ontarians with a Disability’s How to Adapt Your Activity: Active Living Resource
Inclusion & Awareness Training & Tips from OneAbility Members
Inclusion in Campus Recreation Programs (Presentation)
The English Federation of Disability Sport’s Inclusive Communications Guide
Introduction to Recreation Services for People with Disabilities
The Canadian Sport for Life’s ‘No Accidental Champions’ – Long Term Athlete Development for People with Disabilities
The Rick Hansen Foundation: ‘Abilities in Motion’ Toolkit
The Rick Hansen Foundation: Ten Top Tips for Inclusion in Schools
The Rick Hansen Foundation: Educational Resource Material
Faye Cawsey, Recreation Integration Victoria: Three Top Tips for Inclusion: Sincerity, Honest, No Stereotypes
Recreation Integration Victoria: Supporting Children and Youth with Disabilities (Presentation for Summer Camps)
Physical and Health Education Canada’s Fundamental Movement Skills Resources
Museum Education Institute’s Disability Awareness Training for Cultural Organizations
Disability Awareness Training: Etiquette Handouts
Access and Disability Alliance: Disability Etiquette Infographic
Power To Be’s Spring Training (Blog Post)
OneAbility’s Inclusive Physical Literacy Webinar
The Government of Ontario’s Accessibility Training (“How to Train Your Staff on Accessibility”)
OneAbility’s Inclusive Fitness Webinar
The Coaching Association of Canada’s Resources Library
Webinar: OneAbility
Webinar: Inclusive Physical Literacy
Webinar: Inclusive Fitness
Topic 2. Language
The Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability’s ‘Words with Dignity’
Paraquad, ‘The Disability Experts’: Words with Dignity and Disability Etiquette
The Lead Centre’s Disability Awareness & Etiquette Guide
The BBC’s Stupid Questions Not to Ask a Person with a Disability
The Rick Hansen Foundation: Dos and Don’ts of Disability Sensitivity
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters’s Language use Guidelines for Broadcasters
The American Psychological Association’s Choosing Words for Talking about Disability
The English Oxford Dicitionary: The Language of Mental or Physical Disability (Article)
Syracuse University’s Disability Cultural Centre: Language Guide (bonus: many useful useful links)
‘On Being a Cripple’ by Nancy Mairs (Blog Post)
Things Not to Say to a Person Who Uses a Wheelchair (Video)
Topic 3: General Disability Organizations
Visit Recreation Integration Victoria’s Key Links for a comprehensive list.
The Mighty (Online Community)
Alberta Centre for Active Living
Three ‘must watch’ videos about disability (Rick Hansen Institute)
Victoria Disability Resource Centre
The Abilities Centre (Ontario)
Topic 4: The Benefits of Sport & Recreation for People with Disabilities
Stephanie Dixon: Canadian Sports Hall of Fame Acceptance Speech (Video)
The Aspen Institute: Sports for children with Developmental Disabilities
The Rick Hansen Foundation’s “The Upside of Accessible & Inclusive Communities” (Article)
London 2012 Paralympics: Sport Doesn’t Care Who You Are (Video)
BBC News: The Potential of People with Disabilities (Video)
Tracey Schmitt ‘I was able to do everything I have done because I was able to learn to swim’ (Video)
Topic 5: Challenging Stereotypes; Where do the Myths come From?
The Mighty: Coffee Shop Run by People with Disabilities (Article)
Gatorade Canada: Sidney Crosby plays Sledge Hockey (Video)
Australian Open TV: Novak Djokovik plays Wheelchair Tennis (Video)
TedX Talks: Historical Investigation into the Perceptions of Disability (Video)
Disability History Month’s ‘Disabling Imagery’ – a Study of the Portrayal of People with Disabilities in Film
‘G.I.M.P. Boot Camp‘ (Video)
Ontario Education Services Corporation’s Customer Service for People with Disabilities & Myths & Realities
‘All Ways Welcome’ – a video by Barry Stone (Video)
BBC: ‘Wearing Make Up is a way of Making Society feel Secure’ (Video)
New York News: Breaking down Barriers through Disabilities (Video)
Teen Vogue: Living with a Disability as a Teenager (Article)
Topic 6: The Paralympic Games
The Paralympics and Public Perceptions of Disability (Infographic)
Paralympic Sports (Infographic)
A Paralympian’s View of Disability by Chuck Aoki (Article)
Channel 4: Paralympics Adverts – the ‘Superhumans’ (Article, Video)
The Guardian: Comments on the ‘Superhuman’ Portrayal of Athletes with Disabilities (Article, Video)
Signed and Subtitled adverts – Commentary & Celebration (Article, Video)
‘Yes I Can!’ (after the Games…) (Video)
Topic 7: Meeting People with Disabilities, Including First Involvement
‘H.I.D.E When you Meet a Person with a Disability‘
BBC Three’s Things Not to Say to a Person in a Wheelchair (Video)
BBC Three’s Things Not to Say to a Person on the Autism Spectrum (Video)
BBC Three’s Things Not to Say to a Person with Cerebral Palsy (Video)
BBC Three’s Things Not to Say to a Person with a Visual Impairment (Video)
BBC Three’s Questions Not to Ask a Person with a Disability (Video)
‘Top 5 Mistakes dealing with Disabled People’ (Video)
Australian’s Sport Commission’s Communicating Effectively with People with Disabilities
Just Ask’s Best Practice for Interacting with People with Disabilities
Everett College’s Centre for Disability Services’s Meeting People with Disabilities
Frenzy William’s Welcoming Disabled Customer’s; Communication, Etiquette and Body Language
Accessible Ontario’s Customer Service: Language, Myths and Realities
Topic 8: Access
The Guardian: ‘How Am I Supposed to Get Up There?’ (Article)
Historic Royal Palaces’s Accessibility at the Palaces
Art Beyond Sight’s Comprehensive Guide for Front Line Staff
Museums for Us’s Museums/Public Spaces and Intellectual Disabilities
Exploring museums for people with intellectual disabilities
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Visitors with Disabilities Guide
The New York Time’s ‘If You’re in a Wheelchair Segregation Lives’ (Article)
Topic 9: Definitions of Disability
World Health Organization’s Definition
Centre for Disease Control and Prevention’s Disability in the USA (Infographic)
World Health Organization’s World Report on Disability
Disabled World’s Definitions of disability
The Americans with Disabilities Act: What is Disability?
The World Health Assembly’s International Classifications of Functioning, Disability and Health
Topic 1o: Changing and Challenging Attitudes or Mindsets
Rick Hansen Foundation’s Changing the Conversation About Disability
Rick Hansen Foundation’s Accessibility and Attitudes in Canada (Article)
National Disability Authority Literature Review on Attitudes Towards Disability
Angus Reid Institute’s Mindsets on Disability (Quiz)
Angus Reid Institute’s Disability in Canada – Mindset on Accessibility (Article)
The Guardian’s Body Image (Article)
‘How I overcame my blind spot’ (Blog Post)
TedX’s Disability History – Where do our Ideas about Disability Come From? (Video)
7 Pillars of Inclusion’s Attitudes Checklist
Rick Hansen Foundation’s Disability in Advertising
Topic 11: Statistics for Canada
Statistics Canada Disability in Canada (Fact Sheet)
The Government of Canada’s Federal Disability Report 2009
ParticipAction’s Figures on Participation Rates in Sports in Canada
Topic 12: Inclusive Recreation
New Brunswick’s Association for Community Living’s Becoming an Inclusive Recreation Provider
Therapeutic Recreation Directory’s Promoting Inclusion (Literature Review)
Inclusion Sport Design’s The Inclusion Spectrum: Planning Sport Activities for Everyone
The Inclusion Club’s Best Practice From Around the World (Audio-Visual Episodes)
The Inclusion Club’s Webinars (Webinar)
The Australian Human Rights Commission’s Inclusion and Sport
The Inclusion Club’s 7 Pillars of Inclusion
Swimming Australia’s Inclusive Swimming Framework (Webinar series)
The Canucks Autism Network’s Tip Sheets and Resources
Frequently Asked Questions on Inclusive Recreation:
Topic 13: Sport for Life for People with Disabilities (Physical Literacy)
Canadian Sport for Life’s Athletes with Disabilities
Inclusive Physical Literacy webinar
Physical and Health Education Canada’s Fundamental Movement Skills for Children with Disabilities
Canucks Autism Network physical literacy skills
The Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence’s Resource List
Canadian Sport for Life’s Inclusive Physical Literacy
Best practice links – physical literacy
Canadian Disability Participation Project’s Physical Activity, Active living and Sport Resource Catalogue
SCI Canada’s ‘Get Fit Toolkit’
SCI Action Canada Spinal Chord Injury Online Training Series
Curling Canada’s Wheelchair Curling Blog
Curl BC’s Wheelchair Curling Program
Topic 14: Disability Awareness & Inclusion
Get Skilled Access – Inclusion Down Under (Facebook Page)
Mission Empower Disability Awareness (Quiz #1)
Mission Empower Disability Awareness (Quiz #2)
The Disability Resource Centre Empower Newfoundland
British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society BC Aboriginal Disability Network
City of Cornwall, Ontario’s Disability Awareness Myths & Facts
Topic 15: Federal Level Law
The Star: MP to Draft Canada’s First National Accessibility Law (Article)
CBC: ‘Canada’s New Accessibility Law will Make History’ (Article)
Government of Canada’s Key Messages for Federal Legislation
Topic 16: Healthy Lifestyles for People with Disabilities
OneAbility’s Inclusive Fitness Handbook
Carleton University’s Apps for Healthy Physical and Mental Health
Cerebral Palsy Foundation’s Adaptive Fitness App
Rick Hansen Foundation: Mental Health and Mindfulness for People with Disabilities (Article)
Prescription to Get Active (Alberta) (Case Study)
Healthy Families BC Prescription for Health (Ressources)
Canadian Sport for Life Resources
Canadian Sport for Life’s Inclusive Physical Literacy Workshops (Workshop Booking Form)
Topic 17: Invisible Disabilities
‘Disability is Not Always Visible, your Response is Always Visible’ (Video)
Ways to help Dyslexic Children Thrive (Article)
’10 Ways to Avoid Every Day Ableism‘ (Article)
How to be an Ally to People with Invisible Disabilities (Article)
Topic 18: Coaching Athletes with a Disability – Long Term Athlete Development
Coaching Association of Canada’s Coaching Athletes with a Disability
Canadian Sport for Life’s No Accidental Champions
Topic 19: Best Practices
Inclusive Physical Literacy Webinar
Disability Empowerment – Women Dealing with Being ‘Other’ (Blog)
CanAssist’s Creating Inclusion by Including
Freeney Wilson’s Best Practice in Communication; A Guide to Welcoming Disabled Customers
Sustaining Communities’ Strengths Based Perspective
Empowering Presenters’ Non Verbal Communication Tips
Non-Verbal Communication Infographic: ‘When the Words Contradict the Body‘ (Infographic)
How to Ensure Accessibility for Every Online Audience (Blog Post)
Topic 20: Existing Opportunities for People with Disabilities in Sports & Recreation
Vikes Recreation’s Inclusive Programming (Program List)
Leisure Access Victoria App (Coming Fall 2017)
OneAbility’s list of Local Activities, Sports & Programs (Program List)
The Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence (PISE)’s Adapted programs (Program List)
The Victoria Wheelchair Sports Club’s Programs (Program List)
Canadian Paralympic Committee’s Find Your Sport (Online Resource)
Power to Be https://powertobe.ca (Organization)
Topic 21: Specific Disabilities
Amazing Autism Project (Video)
Understanding Autism (Video)
The Mighty: App for Communicating with People with Developmental Disabilities (Article, App)
Cerebral Palsy Foundation Cerebral Palsy Fact Sheets (Article, Video)
The Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability: Disability Tip Sheets
Topic 22: Reverse Integration
Sidney Crosby Does Sledge Hockey (Video)
The Inclusion Club What is Reverse Integration? (Article, Podcast)
Linconshire Wheelchair Sports Reverse Integration Evaluation Report (Case Study)
Curling Canada Adaptive & Inclusive Curling (Article)
Topic 23: Comic Relief & Misc.
Kill All Puppies (Video)
Crippen Cartoons (Cartoons)
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