Lecture #1 Intro to APA

Question 1

What is Adapted Physical Activity according to the International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (IFAPA)?

Answer 1

Adapted physical activity (APA) is a professional branch of kinesiology / physical education / sport & human movement sciences, which is directed toward persons who require adaptation for participation in the context of physical activity.

Question 2

What does APA involve?

Answer 2

Involves individuals with:
- Disabilities
- people who experience obesity
- aging
- individuals with restricted participation

Question 3

APA is about…

Answer 3

• Individualization of instructions
• Matching personal Strengths

Question 4

Why is APA about Individualization?

Answer 4

To promote full participation in PA, regardless of who is engaging.

Question 5

To create an APA-friendly environment, we need to design and modify:

Answer 5

1. Equipment
2. Task
3. Instructions
4. Physical and social environments
5. Rules

Question 6

What is the percentage of people that experience significant disability?

Answer 6

1.3 billion people (16% of population) – or 1 in 6 people worldwide

Question 7

How does disability affect people around the world?

Answer 7

– Have generally poorer health
– Lower education achievements/opportunities
– Fewer economic opportunities
– Higher rates of poverty
- 6x harder access to health facilities
- 15x harder to find transportation
- face inequities like discrimination, stigma, poverty, exclusion from education and employment, and barriers in the health system.

Question 8

Why is APA Important?

Answer 8

a) To encourage and promote the participation, to the fullest extent possible, of persons with disabilities in mainstream sporting activities at all levels;

To ensure that persons with disabilities have:

b) an opportunity to organize, develop and participate in disability-specific sporting and recreational activities and, to this end, encourage the provision, on an equal basis with others, of appropriate instruction, training and resources;

c) access to sporting, recreational and tourism venues;

d) equal access with other children to participation in play, recreation and leisure and sporting activities, including those activities in the school system;

(e) access to services from those involved in the organization of recreational, tourism, leisure and sporting activities.

Question 9

Disability:

Answer 9

• Is part of being human and is essential to the human experience.
• Can be understood in various ways, using different models, languages and tool.

Question 10

According to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health, disability is?

Answer 10

“a phenomenon that reflects an interaction between the person’s body and the society in which they live.” And the idea of the environment that might be the one disabling people.

Question 11

Disability can be understood as an umbrella term covering:

Answer 11

1- Impairment
2- Activity Limitation
3- Participation Restriction:

Question 12

Define Impairment:

Answer 12

a difference in body function or structure.

Question 13

Define Activity Limitation:

Answer 13

difficulty experienced by the individual in performing a task or action.

Question 14

Define Participation Restriction:

Answer 14

a problem experienced by an individual while involving in life situations (barriers imposed by societal attitudes, architecture, social policies…)

Question 15

According to WHO the definition of Disability is:

Answer 15

Disability is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions