Enactments of Integrated, Disability-Inclusive Sport Policy by Sporting Organizations
Hammond, AM, Bundon, A, Pentifallo Gadd, C and Konoval, Tim 2022, Enactments of Integrated, Disability-Inclusive Sport Policy by Sporting Organizations, Sociology of Sport Journal, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 35-46, doi: 10.1123/ssj.2020-0151.
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Enactments of Integrated, Disability-Inclusive Sport Policy by Sporting Organizations
This article critically analyzed the enactment of disability-inclusive sport policies by provincial sporting organizations in British Columbia. Thirty semistructured interviews with managers representing 13 organizations informed the analysis. Findings highlighted how organizational circumstances prompted managers to enact integration policies in novel ways at the regional level. For instance, nondisabled sporting organizations mediated the adoption of integration policies due to the perceived impact on nondisabled programming. In contrast, disability sport organizations resisted integration out of concern that nondisabled organizations could not deliver programming to an equivalent standard. To thwart the perceived integration threat, disability sport organizations developed novel solutions, such as registering themselves as freestanding organizations. Discussion arises as to whether integration is the “gold standard” of inclusion in disability sport. Policy recommendations are also discussed.
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