Physical Activity, Disability + Health

Question 1

What are the psychological benefits of PA and sport for disabled people?

Answer 1

Improves self-esteem, self efficacy, self compassion

Improves social support, quality of life, relatedness

Question 2

How active are disabled people?

Answer 2

Largely they are inactive and do much less than non-disabled people, only 17% take part once a week

Question 3

What are the reasons for disabled people being inactive ?

Answer 3

Limited representation of disabled people in media

Limited accessibility

Other barriers (self esteem,fear,cost,physical competence)

Question 4

How do we promote PA and sport for disabled people?

Answer 4

Remove the environmental barriers

Change the media representations

Provide fun and pleasure to keep motivation high

Question 5

Why should coaches provide autonomy support?

Answer 5

Shown to maintain disabled people’s motivation and engagement

Disabled people who lacked autonomy support by coaches experienced reduced motivation and engagement

Shown to win substantially more models than control group athletes