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Adaptive sport as affirmation: "We focus on our strengths, not our disabilities"
Norah Anita Schwartz1, Christine Alysse von Glascoe1
1Departamento de Estudios Poblacion, Secion de Salud Publica, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
Abstract:
This paper offers a counter-narrative to the stereotype of people with physical and cognitive impairments being less inclined to participate in athletic activities. It contributes to the affirmative model proposed by Swain and French, which posits a non-tragic view of disability that encompasses positive social identities. We employed the tools of ethnography and phenomenology to explore the adaptive athlete experience among individuals practicing various sports and exhibiting divergent levels of proficiency. Findings confirm the appropriateness of the affirmative model and provide examples of movement from the state of liminality to that of communitas as defined by Victor Turner.
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