Research

Overview

Disability in Sport engages in research in the following areas:

• Media
• Marketing
• Management
• Athlete Views
• Legal Aspects
• Olympic Education
• Disability/Human Rights
• Language
• Public Awareness

Current research projects

• Olympic Movement and Athlete Views
• Symbols, Disability, and the Olympic Movement
• Wheelchair Basketball Teams and NBA Teams
• Disability in Sociology of Sport
• Integration and Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Sport

Upcoming presentations

• 2004 IOC Sport for All Conference
• 2004 Sociology of Sport Conference

Listing of past paper and presentations:

• 2004
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001
• 2000

Disability Report Card

In affiliation with the Race and Gender Report Card authored by Dr. Richard Lapchick at the University of Central Florida, the Disability Report Card is an effort to examine and support the inclusion of programs and services provided to people with disabilities, in the United States sports industry.

Assessment (Models)

Disability in Sport measures and tracks inclusion within sports organizations utilizing two co-joining models -- Criteria for Inclusion and the Organizational Continuum.