Creating Equitable Opportunities for Children and Youth with Disabilities to Access Physical Education and Extracurricular Athletics (August 25, 2011)

Topic Areas: Physical Education and Adapted Physical Education
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A report released in 2010 by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), GAO-10-519, revealed that, despite legislation obligating states and schools to provide equal access, opportunities for physical activity are limited for children and youth with disabilities (GAO, 2010). The purpose of this document, released in 2011, is to disseminate information on improving opportunities for children and youth to access physical education and athletics, and to refer the reader to sources of additional information regarding the inclusion of children and youth with disabilities in PE and athletic extracurricular activities.

On January 25, 2013, the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education provided guidance on the legal aspects of the provision of extracurricular athletic opportunities to students with disabilities to comply with the second recommendation by the GAO to the Department in its report.

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