In this episode, I had the opportunity to sit down and have an in-depth discussion with Dr. Ronald Davis on the topic of implementing disability sport within a general physical education setting. The podcasts focuses specifically on (a) how Dr. Davis got involved in disability sport, (b) the definition of disability sport,(c) how to integrate disability sport units into a general physical education setting, and (d) working with wounded veterans and integrating them back into their communities through sport (see Project INVEST).
Dr. Ronald W. Davis, is a professor of Adapted Physical Education in the department of Kinesiology at Texas Woman’s University. He has over 30 years of experience in higher education promoting professional development and advocating for people with disabilities. Dr. Davis has published extensively both nationally and internationally on injuries to elite athletes with disabilities, legal mandates for those with disabilities, training for people with disabilities, and related topics. You can find his textbook Teaching Disability Sports here. In addition, to the podcast interview, a YouTube video is attached which comes with the textbook. The video shows an in-depth look at how to properly teach wheelchair basketball.
On another note, recently my colleagues and I had the honor to be published in the Journal of Frontiers in Public Health. I wanted to share with you all our article, especially as this journal is public access. The article takes an in-depth examination of recent findings from associations that exercise is an evidence-based practice to use when teaching children with autism. The findings explain that exercise can be used as an evidence-based practice but this is only based on evidence from one well-designed study. Please click here to read the entire article.
Dillon, S., Adams, D., Goudy, L.,
Bittner, M., McNamara, S (2017). A systematic review: exercise as an evidence-based practice for
individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Frontiers in Public Health, 290(4), 1-8.
