Assessing And Managing An Athlete With A Disability

A sportEX medicine article By Linda Mitchell MSc, MCSP

BACKGROUND
Athletes participate in many different sports, come with a wide range of abilities, and present with a broad range of expectations and demands. Those with a disability are no different, although they often present with a few extra and unexpected issues. There is a broad range of sports available to the person with a disability. Some of these are modifications of able-bodied sports eg. wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis and judo and whilst others are specially developed for a particular group eg. boccia for those with severe cerebral palsy and goalball for those with a visual impairment. Many athletes with a minimal functional disability participate in sport with little or no modification eg. swimming, athletics and skiing and can sometimes participate in mainstream sport with little disadvantage.

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