Disability Sport Info

This is a bumper episode that focuses on sport participation in action for disabled people. The following topics are covered:

• Voluntary sports clubs;
• Coaching;
• Visual impairments;
• Physical impairments;
• In…

In this special episode, I speak to Ali Jawad, a GB Paralympian currently studying a PhD in anti-doping in Paralympic sport, to discuss the Accessercise app he has created. Accessercise is a fitness …

This episode of the Disability Sport Info show explores coaching in grassroots disability sport. 

Keon Richardson explains what coaching is and how to provide the best coaching experience for disabled…

This episode of the Disability Sport Info show considers the sport participation and physical activity experience of individuals with an intellectual impairment. 

Dr Eric Svanelöv, of Mälardalen Unive…

This episode of the Disability Sport Info show considers the sport participation and physical activity experience of individuals with a physical impairment. 

Dr Toni Williams, of Durham University, ex…

This episode of the Disability Sport Info show considers visually impaired sport. 

Dr Jess Macbeth explains the sport participation experiences of visually impaired individuals. We consider some of th…

In this Disability Sport Info episode, I'm joined by Professor Ruth Jeanes to discuss the role of voluntary sport clubs in the grassroots sport participation of disabled people. 

We explore the opport…

This is a bumper episode that covers the foundational principles of grassroots sport for disabled people. The following topics are covered:

• Introduction to sport and physical activity;
• Theories explain…

In this Disability Sport Info episode, I'm joined by Professor Brett Smith to discuss physical activity and sport participation of disabled children and young people.

In our chat, we focus on the late…

In this Disability Sport Info episode, I'm joined by Professor Simon Darcy to discuss enablers and barriers to sports participation for disabled people. 

In this episode, we consider factors that can …

In this Disability Sport Info episode, I'm joined by Dr Matej Christiaens to discuss policy formulation and development for grassroots disability sport. 

In this episode, we consider the history and d…

In this Disability Sport Info episode, I'm joined by Dr Ian Brittain to discuss how theory can help us understand the sport participation and physical activity of disabled people. 

In the episode we d…

In this bitesize episode, I am joined by Dr Danielle Peers to critically assess the potential for the Paralympic Games to provide empowerment or disempowerment for disabled people.

This episode is fro…

In this bitesize episode, I am joined by Dr Laura Misener to critically consider the potential of the Paralympic Games to increase disabled people's grassroots sport participation.

This episode is fro…

This Disability Sport Info episode provides a foundational basis for understanding the physical activity and sport participation of disabled people. Professor Kathleen Martin Ginis from the Universit…

This Disability Sport Info episode explores the grassroots sport participation experiences of Deaf and hearing impaired individuals.  I'm joined by Rebecca Foster MBE and Chris Price, from the West B…

In this episode, I explore the history and development of the Paralympic Games.
 
I trace the origins of the Paralympic Games and critically explore how and why the Paralympic Games has developed to be…

In this episode, I explore the potential impact the Paralympic Games may have on disabled people.
 
The potential for sport participation legacies from the Paralympic Games is reviewed, followed by a c…