95,000 Young New Zealander’s identify as disabled.
According to Sport New Zealand, disabled young people are under-represented in sport and active recreation.
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Tokyo, I miss you
As I watch the Paralympics on multiple devices simultaneously from home, I lament not being in Tokyo myself. This games would have marked 20 years since I first experienced a Summer Paralympic Games, and nearly 40 years since I visited Tokyo. At the Sydney 2000 games, I attended my first wheelchair rugby game. I recallContinue reading “Tokyo, I miss you”
Inclusive Sport – It’s not rocket science … but should it be?
Research Participants Still Needed Last week while I was at the Halberg Games I looked around at all the young athletes participating and realised that the vast majority of them were unlikely to participate in sport outside of that delivered by their local regional disability sport organisations, such as dsport. This is why I amContinue reading “Inclusive Sport – It’s not rocket science … but should it be?”
2021 brings a new journey of discovery
Like most of us, 2021 is heralding a new phase. For me in my research it is time to start collecting my data. During 2020 I used the time during lockdown to focus on my studies. Reading copious amounts of research on disability and seeking out specific work on disability sport helped frame my workContinue reading “2021 brings a new journey of discovery”
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