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Improving Community Integration and Participation

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Improving community integration and participation in recreational, physical fitness, and sports is important for the physical and mental health of individuals with mobility limitations. People with disabilities experience barriers to full integration in their community with able-bodied friends, teammates, and athletes. These barriers can be addressed with consideration of facilitators and evidence-based practices. Methods for improving integration and participation include consideration for Universal Design and behavioral strategies. These strategies include goal setting, use of routines, self-management, motivation, choice, self-determination, and systematic instructional methodologies.

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Abbreviations

CDC:

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

ICF:

International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

SCI:

Spinal cord injury

UDL:

Universal Design for Learning

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  1. Graduate School of Education, Touro University California, Vallejo, CA, USA

    Linda K. Haymes

  2. Department of Special Education, Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, USA

    Debra L. Cote

  3. Juvo Autism and Behavioral Health Services, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Keith Storey

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