Accessibility 4

what is the inaccessibility cycle

what are barriers to participation in sport and rec

• physical

• pilotical

• environmental

• socioculture

• historical

• financial

look at slides 11-17

what does literature say about participation in sport and rec

1. Not aligning to cultural gym values

2. Limited interpretations of health

3. Influence of previous gym user identity

4. Direct and indirect disablism

what is direct disablism

○ Negative interactions

○ words/deeds that devalue or exclude

○ Talking to support staff, staring, othering comments

○ Occurred despite accessibility and education levels

what is indirect disablism

○ Exclusionary messages through structural barriers

○ Landscape of exclusion

○ Disability as afterthought

what are some questions to ask about participation in sport and rec

1. Given what is, what ought to be?

● How is physical and social space defining and perpetuating disability?

● Who is in/out, included/excluded

● Why is it occurring?

● What can be done about it?

● Who can assist us?

2. Why are we so devoid of imagination regarding who belongs?

3. How am I contributing to disablement? (unnecessary isolation and exclusion)