#12690. Assessing changes in the self-reported community inclusion of persons with intellectual disability: contrasts between participants in Special Olympics and non-participants

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Abstract:
A crucial of aim of Special Olympics (SO) is the promotion of social inclusion for persons with intellectual disability (ID). A transnational study had devised an easy-to-use, instrument to obtain valid data from people with ID. The present study tested the sensitivity of the instrument in two ways. Scores of three sets of participants in SO (n = 231) were compared to those of pupils from special schools (n = 87) and with people living in sheltered workshops (n = 92), none of whom participated in SO. Second, the sheltered workshop participants were supported to join SO clubs and pre-post comparisons were undertaken of their inclusion ratings eight months later. Results showed a clear distinction between the scores across the SO participants and with the non-participants. Moreover there was a significant impact on participants’ community inclusion scores on joining SO. Thus this simple, self-report measure is sensitive to detecting changes across different samples and over time.
Keywords:
Community inclusion; intellectual disability; sheltered workshops; Special Olympics; sports participation

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