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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963151303321

Autore

Fink Dale Borman <1949->

Titolo

Making a place for kids with disabilities / / Dale Borman Fink

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2000

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

9798400681462

9780313000430

0313000433

9780585397658

0585397651

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xviii, 204 pages)

Disciplina

790.1/96

Soggetti

Children with disabilities - Recreation - United States

Youth with disabilities - Recreation - United States

Sports for people with disabilities - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-199) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Inclusive Recreation and Sports Enter the Mainstream -- Lindy's Wish -- Embarking on a Qualitative Case Study -- Entering Wabash -- Batter Up? Fun Versus Competition in the Park and Recreation Department's Baseball Leagues -- The Youth Recreation Center: Many Drop In, One Family Opts Out -- On My Honor, I Will Try -- "Sensei, Permission to Join Class?" -- Answering My Own Questions: Conclusions from the Case Study -- Which Way Forward? -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Describes the experiences of children with disabilities participating in youth programs alongside their peers.