Including Everyone
Published: Monday, October 01, 2007
Promote gender and disability equity in your recreational athletic programs.
Disability and Sport: FACTS AND STATISTICS
Published: Friday, June 15, 2007
The Women's Sports Foundation, on a quarterly basis, compiles facts and statistics that are a representative sample of the data that exists in women's sports as of the fact compilation publication date. Click on the Women's Sports Facts and Statistics link below to review the most current fact compilation.Use our search engine (upper left above the menu page) to look for information on particular topics of interest.If you cannot find the information you are looking for, the Foundation also operates an Information Referral Service to help educate the public by providing facts, statistics and background data on sports-related issues for ...
Women's Sports Facts and Statistics
Published: Friday, June 15, 2007
The Women's Sports Foundation, on a quarterly basis, compiles facts and statistics that are a representative sample of the data that exists in women's sports as of the fact compilation publication date. Click on the Women's Sports Facts and Statistics link below to review the most current fact compilation.Use our search engine (upper left above the menu page) to look for information on particular topics of interest.If you cannot find the information you are looking for, the Foundation also operates an Information Referral Service to help educate the public by providing facts, statistics and background data on sports-related issues for ...
Xpanding Opportunities
Published: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
We applaud ESPN's progress in making the X Games more inclusive and detail what needs to be done to ensure further equity in the future.
Physical Activity and Athletic Competition for Individuals with Disabilities: A Women's Sports Foundation® Position Statement
Share Your Story INTRODUCTION The Women's Sports Foundation urges all educational institutions, national sport governing bodies and athletics organizations to adopt policies that protect the health of individuals with disabilities and their right to participate in sports and physical activity. The following guidelines are consistent with civil rights and antidiscrimination laws1 that protect individuals with disabilities from discrimination and research regarding the physical and psychological development of individuals with disabilities. I. DO SCHOOLS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES? POSITION: Yes. Schools must provide individuals with disabilities, male and female, with equal opportunities to participate and ...
The Need to Address Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities in Sport
We know that individuals with disabilities are not getting the same amount of physical activity and athletic opportunities as individuals without disabilities.
More than 50 million1 (1 in 5) people in the United States have documented disabilities.2
Individuals with disabilities are almost three times as likely to be sedentary as individuals without disabilities (29% vs. 10%).3
Fifty-six percent of people with disabilities do not engage in any physical activity.4
Only 23% of people with disabilities are active for at least 30 minutes three or more times per week.5
At the 2004 Paralympic Games there were 3,806 athletes participating,6 compared to 10,864 ...
Victory! Maryland Blazes the Trail for Students with Disabilities
Setting a standard for the rest of the country, Maryland has broken down barriers for students with disabilities, giving every child the chance to get active and enjoy sports.