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Reflexivity and Change in Adaptive Physical Activity: Overcoming Hubris

Reflexivity and Change in Adaptive Physical Activity: Overcoming Hubris

Hardcover

Series: Disability Sport and Physical Activity Cultures

Sports GeneralGeneral FitnessSpecial Education

ISBN10: 1032018887
ISBN13: 9781032018881
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 5 2022
Pages: 254
Weight: 1.22
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This provocative and challenging book argues for the vital importance of critical self-reflexion in the field of adaptive physical activity (APA).

It makes a powerful case for embracing discussions of the harm caused by ableist assumptions of the ideal body, maximizing capabilities and perfecting normative-based movement that dominate contemporary discourse in APA, and calls for more critical introspection about what APA is, how it is performed, and what might be needed to bring a collaborative relational ethic to this field. The book focuses on two key themes. Firstly, how ableism as a foundational belief system of APA is present in the undergraduate curriculum, professional preparation, professional practice, and organizational policies. Secondly, how to make the comfortable uncomfortable by openly debating the harm that results from non-reflexive (nondisabled) hubris in APA. The goal is to spark an exchange of ideas among scholars, practitioners, and organizational leaders and therefore to shift the paradigm from one of professional expertism to one that centres disability wisdom holders, bringing a fundamental change to how we perform adaptive physical activity.

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