Disability Models: Explaining and Understanding Disability Sport in Different Ways

Smith, Brett; Bundon, Andrea

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-47901-3_2

Cited by 57 publications

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“…Olympic and able-bodied) sport sector (Hammond & Jeanes, 2017;Howe, 2007). This study contributes to a small but growing body of empirical work exploring how this integration is experienced by individual para-athletes and the implications it has on their athletic and disabled identities (Bundon & Hurd Clarke, 2015;Smith & Bundon, 2018;. Our findings make a novel contribution by highlighting how this move towards integration has provided para-athletes with more access to funding, coaching, sport science, sport medicine and other related services but has equally placed new constraints including expectations that they will train full-time, relocate to centralized training locations and forego other pursuits.…”

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Struggling to stay and struggling to leave: The experiences of elite para-athletes at the end of their sport careers

Bundon

Ashfield

Smith

et al. 2018

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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OBJECTIVE: To explore the retirement experiences of elite para-athletes. Athletic retirement has long been of interest to sport psychologists. With a few exceptions, little attention has been paid to the retirements of elite athletes with disabilities. The research that has been done on para-sport was conducted in the late 1990s and the context of Paralympic sport has changed in the interim. DESIGN: An online survey was distributed to retired para-athletes (n=60) and qualitative interviews were conducted with a purposive sub-sample (n=13). SAMPLE: The sample included 48 Paralympians (21 had medalled at the Paralympic Games) and 12 internationally competitive para-athletes. The group included 39 males and 21 females and was diverse in age (22 to 77 years of age), impairment history and impairment type (35 acquired impairments and 25 congenital impairments), and sport (24 different para-sports). METHODS: Guided by a subjective and transactional epistemological framework, data was thematically analyzed. RESULTS: Although most para-athletes leave sport for the same reasons as their able-bodied peers, certain reasons for retirement, such as declassification, are unique to para-sport. Para-athletes facing these types of retirements had particularly difficult transition experiences and could benefit from additional support. Para-athletes also reported that the increasing professionalization of para-sport, combined with uncertainty about post-sport employment opportunites for people with disabilities, made it more difficult to retire. CONCLUSIONS: Understanding the experiences of retirement that are unique to para-sport will permit sport psychologists and other practitioners to provide better and more targeted support to para-athletes.

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Struggling to stay and struggling to leave: The experiences of elite para-athletes at the end of their sport careers

Bundon

Ashfield

Smith

et al. 2018

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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“…This type of hurt, referred to as 'psycho-emotional disablism,' is damaging at the intrapersonal level. It affects one's sense of self, limiting what people with disabilities believe they can accomplish (e.g., participating in sport) and what they believe they can become (e.g., successful, competitive athletes; (Smith & Bundon, 2015). Given its profound negative impact, the alleviation of psycho-emotional disablism from LTPA contexts must be prioritized.…”

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A systematic review of review articles addressing factors related to physical activity participation among children and adults with physical disabilities

Ginis

Latimer-Cheung

Rimmer

2016

Health Psychology Review

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Dozens of published papers cite factors related to leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) participation among people with physical disabilities. Unfortunately, there has been little effort to synthesise this literature in a manner that is accessible and useful to the sectors (e.g., health care, recreation) responsible for LTPA promotion in disability populations. In this systematic review, over 200 factors were extracted from 22 review articles addressing barriers and facilitators to LTPA in children and adults with physical disabilities. Factors were grouped according to common themes, classified into five levels of a social ecological model, and coded according to whether they could be affected by the health-care and/or recreation sectors. Findings are discussed with regard to key factors to target in LTPA-enhancing interventions, relevant theories and models in which to frame interventions, the levels at which the interventions can be implemented, and intervention priorities. The synthesis provides a blueprint and a catalyst for researchers and practitioners to shift focus from conducting studies that merely describe LTPA barriers and facilitators, to developing and delivering strategies to increase LTPA among persons with physical disabilities.

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“…Developed by disability rights activists in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)where this research is setthe UK Social Model of disability challenged the dominant 'medical model of disability' (and the medical model's view that that disability is an individual issue). It did so by pressing the political argument that the attitudinal and physical barriers disabled people face are erected by society in order to oppress them (Bundon & Smith, 2018;Oliver & Barnes, 2012;Townsend, Smith and Cushion, 2017). Sport and physical activity policy makers and practitioners adhering to a UK Social Model view should attempt to dismantle these supply-side barriers.…”

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Understanding which dimensions of organisational capacity support the vertical integration of disability football clubs

Kitchin¹,

Crossin²

2018

Managing Sport and Leisure

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Disabled people continue to face exclusion from full participation in community sports. Efforts to include disabled people in sports organisations have favoured structural solutions to make sport accessible. Our purpose was to understand which dimensions of a football club's organisational capacity assisted the vertical integration of disability football clubs. A theoretical framework combining organisational capacity and acculturation informed an exploratory and qualitative research design using semi-structured interviews. Findings indicate that the brand and the size of the organisation assisted the generation of integrative capacity. Following the acquisition of integrative capacity, two types of integrationassimilation and accommodation appeared. This study contributes to the extant literature on the vertical integration of disability sport and the management and organisation of disability football. Recommendations for policy makers and practitioners seeking to implement the vertical integration process as this study provides a theoretical and empirical perspective on how mergers can create inclusive organisations.

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Disability Models: Explaining and Understanding Disability Sport in Different Ways

Cited by 57 publications

References 48 publications

Struggling to stay and struggling to leave: The experiences of elite para-athletes at the end of their sport careers

Struggling to stay and struggling to leave: The experiences of elite para-athletes at the end of their sport careers

A systematic review of review articles addressing factors related to physical activity participation among children and adults with physical disabilities

Understanding which dimensions of organisational capacity support the vertical integration of disability football clubs

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