Inclusion happens. (National Therapeutic Recreation Society).Inclusion of people with disabilities in recreation and sport programs is happening all over the country. For everyone, it might happen for a slightly different reason. But the bottom line is that it happens. Sport, and the qualities built by participation in sport, changes lives. Many of you reading this participated in interscholastic in·ter·scho·las·tic adj. Existing or conducted between or among schools. in  ter·scho·las sports.
Some of us liked it, and some of us didn't. A few of us went on and
participated in college, and most of us didn't. But all of us
became better people because of the experience of sport and the people
we met while we participated.
That's the whole idea behind inclusion of people with disabilities in recreation and sport. Two things are abundantly clear: people with disabilities grow from participation with those who don't have disabilities, and people without disabilities grow from the same. This fall, the apparent become even more obvious thanks to the people of southern Ohio. Jake Porter Jake Porter is an American high school football player from McDermott, Ohio, who attended Northwest High School. He has a mental disorder which prevented him from playing football. , a 17-year-old born with "Chromosomal chromosomal, adj relating to chromosome, or a configuration within the cell's nucleus that contains a linear thread of DNA that conveys genetic data. chromosomal emanating from or pertaining to chromosome. Fragile-X," which is the leading cause of inherited mental retardation mental retardation, below average level of intellectual functioning, usually defined by an IQ of below 70 to 75, combined with limitations in the skills necessary for daily living. , not only participated in his high school football program, but scored. Go to www.herald-dispatch.com/2002/October/ 24/LStop2.htm to learn more. The story in the link illustrates a successful, albeit somewhat contrived con·trived adj. Obviously planned or calculated; not spontaneous or natural; labored: a novel with a contrived ending. con·triv , inclusion success. |
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