Women of power soccer: exploring disability and gender in the first competitive team sport for powerchair users

Adapting to sport and country: Immigrant athletes with disabilities

“…First, there is likely a blunting effect, in which the typical stereotypes are dampened or impacted by disability being present. Second, as Cottingham et al (2018) hypothesized, participants may be less conscious or aware of discrimination, as they instead focus on their gratefulness and enjoy an environment free of ableism.…”

“…Sport was an inclusive experience for our participants. Cottingham et al (2018), Richard (2018), and (Hu et al, under review)'s work found that sport removed barriers such as gender and race. Our study extends these findings to national origin.…”

“…The complexity of experienced prejudice is evident in a study by Cottingham et al (2018), where some female power wheelchair soccer players reported some sexism in the co-ed sport, while other participants interpreted their environment as virtually devoid of sexism. A wide spectrum of such perceived discrimination is revealed in additional research.…”

Ableism as a determinant of priorities for the development of disability football: a critique of European National Football Associations

“…Although this body of work is expansive, the preponderance of research on contemporary aspects of disability football has been dominated by a focus on the experiences of players with a range of impairments: deaf people (Atherton et al, 2001); adults and girls with intellectual disabilities (Stride & Fitzgerald, 2011); partially sighted footballers (Macbeth & Magee, 2006;Macbeth, 2008Macbeth, , 2009Powis & Macbeth, 2019); powerchair footballers (Cottingham et al, 2018;Jeffress & Brown, 2017;Richard et al, 2017) and amputees (van der Niet, 2010). Generally speaking, academic research of disability football has covered a range of themes including the social, psychological and health benefits of football; socialization experiences; inclusion and equality issues; empowerment; gender construction; and identity work.…”

The bodily experience of disabled athletes. A phenomenological study of powerchair football

“…This sport has caught the attention of researchers: Wessel, Wentz, and Markel (2011), along with Jeffress and Brown (2017), studied its psycho-social benefits, while Cottingham, Pate, and Gearity (2015) examined 'inspiration' in the context of powerchair football tournaments. Richard, Joncheray, and Dugas (2015), as well as Cottingham et al (2018), investigated the construction of gender within it. The health and wellness benefits of powerchair football (Barfield et al…”