Adaptive P.E.–making physical education fun for students with disabilities

Thursday, October 29th, 2009 | Adaptive clothing and gear, Equipment, Special Education, Wheelchair

Quincy’s class has been bowling all month for adaptive PE. It has been such a blast watching the competition…which is quite fierce, I might add. What I love the most about these types of adaptive PE activities is that they are geared just for students with disability. Sometimes there is value in mainstreaming disabled kids and sometimes there is great value in designing activities just for them. Everyone is having fun, doing there best, using the adaptive equipment without people staring…it’s just a good time.

Pictured below is Quincy with her aide, Bonnie. You can see that a ramp is pushed up to her wheelchair so she can just push the ball down the alley. It’s a pretty cool set-up!

Tags: adaptive PE, bowling

4 Comments to Adaptive P.E.–making physical education fun for students with disabilities

Mom
October 29, 2009

How cool is this??? When does she bowl, I’d love to watch and cheer sometime.

Janine Niebrugge
October 29, 2009

That is just awesome to see!!

Ron Niebrugge
October 30, 2009

Sweet!

kkeutjin Martin
April 30, 2010

I am so thrilled to hear a story like this that somebody cares for our children with disabilities can live their life full to enjoy. Thank God for giving people intelligence and its heart…..God blesses whole universe!