This child can: participation in sport for children with vision impairment. Issue 8 (August 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Holton, Sarah
• Is Part Of: Paediatrics and child health. Volume 32:Issue 8(2022)
• Page Start: 297
• Page End: 301
• Publication Date: 2022-08
• Subjects: accessibility -- discrimination -- diversity -- inclusion -- ophthalmology -- physical education -- SEND -- vision; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; Pédiatrie -- Périodiques; 618.920005
• DOI: 10.1016/j.paed.2022.05.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-7222

Abstract

Abstract: All children benefit from access to sports, exercise and leisure. It is important not just for physical health, but also for emotional wellbeing and social connectivity. Vision impairment refers to a bilateral uncorrectable reduction in vision and is experienced by 1 in 1000 young people under the age of 16 in the UK. Many children with vision impairment experience barriers in their access to sport and exercise, and a traditional medical model of disability would associate these barriers with the pathology of ophthalmological disease. The social model of disability favours consideration of environmental, behavioural, organisational and attitudinal factors in considering barriers to inclusion. Considering clinical, developmental, social and environmental factors, we can explore the opportunities available to maximise participation in sport by children with vision impairment.