한국에서의 특수체육을 통한 통합과 상생

Abstract

It is meaningful to discuss about the value of Adapted Physical Activities that might be effective to the lives of the people with disabilities in their education and social works. Hosting 1988 Paralympics in Korea has been regarded as a milestone for the change from the negative to the positive aspects toward people with disabilities in their sport activity participation. Now the rights of the people with disabilities are getting more prestigious compared to the past. In the educational area, the inclusion should be provided with the preparation of the materials and accessible facilities. In the sports areas, the rules and regulation such as Wheelchair Basketball or Lawn Ball games were equally applied as the regular games. However, the perspectives from the special education fields were still keeping the primitive status that physical education classes were just a combined or placed to the regular settings only without any adaptation or special supports for the students with disabilities. In conclusion, the inclusion and harmony through adapted physical education in Korea should be followed by legislation, improved policies, change of attitudes toward the sport activities for people with disabilities, and systemized network organization for their own in national wide.