Do students with special educational needs need to modify the

Abstract

The objective of the study was to find out the opinions of able-bodied children on the need for modifications of sports and motor games in inclusive physical and sports education. The participants were able-bodied children of two primary schools (n=230) and one high school (n=211). The question about modifying the rules of sports and motor games in inclusive physical and sports education was part of the standardized CAIPE-R questionnaire. Able-bodied primary (Chi=128.62, p=0.00) and high school (Chi=116.82, p=0.00) children clearly agree with the modification of sports and motor games when integrating a student with a visual impairment and do not agree when integrating a student who is deaf and hard of hearing into inclusive physical and sports education. Primary school children are strongly agreeable to the need for modifications to the rules of games in inclusive physical and sports education when including a pupil with autism spectrum disorders (Chi=17.69, p=0.00) and only indifferent when including a pupil with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.