Sports and the Deaf Child
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| Title: | Sports and the Deaf Child |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Stewart, David A., Ellis, M. Kathleen |
| Source: | American Annals of the Deaf. Spr 2005 150(1):59-66. |
| Availability: | Gallaudet University Press, 800 Florida Ave, NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 202-651-5488 (Voice/TTY); Fax: 202-651-5489; e-mail: valencia.simmons@gallaudet.edu. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 6 |
| Publication Date: | 2005 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Elementary Education |
| Descriptors: | Deafness, Children, Athletics, Life Style |
| ISSN: | 0002-726X |
| Abstract: | The increasingly sedentary American lifestyle has resulted in a growing number of overweight and out-of-shape school-age children. Deaf children are not exempt from this trend, yet there is little evidence that public school programs for these children are doing anything to counter it. Much can be done to assist deaf students, not only in becoming more active movers but in gaining knowledge of opportunities and benefits associated with Deaf sport. The authors provide an argument for schools that expose deaf children to the role of sports in the Deaf community and for designing programs that will enable these children to become active participants in Deaf sport activities as athletes and organizers, or, later in life, when they no longer have the inclination or ability to compete, as spectators, with all the socialization benefits that form of involvement provides. |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Number of References: | 30 |
| Entry Date: | 2005 |
| Access URL: | https://gupress.gallaudet.edu |
| Accession Number: | EJ690813 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The increasingly sedentary American lifestyle has resulted in a growing number of overweight and out-of-shape school-age children. Deaf children are not exempt from this trend, yet there is little evidence that public school programs for these children are doing anything to counter it. Much can be done to assist deaf students, not only in becoming more active movers but in gaining knowledge of opportunities and benefits associated with Deaf sport. The authors provide an argument for schools that expose deaf children to the role of sports in the Deaf community and for designing programs that will enable these children to become active participants in Deaf sport activities as athletes and organizers, or, later in life, when they no longer have the inclination or ability to compete, as spectators, with all the socialization benefits that form of involvement provides. |
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| ISSN: | 0002-726X |
