SPORTS AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION: A PATHWAY TO WELLNESS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN NIGERIA.
Keywords:
Able-bodied, Adapted Physical Education, Inclusiveness, Persons with disabilities, mainstreaming, special education, challengesAbstract
Persons with disabilities have not been finding it easy to enjoy and interact meaningfully with their able-bodied counterparts in the society. Thus, marginalization, segregation and hatred birthed special schools for their peculiarities and unique characteristics. An attempt to address this discrimination necessitated mainstreaming, integration and inclusion into the general education for realization of equal rights and opportunities regardless of their physical, mental, and emotional state. This paper therefore described persons with disabilities, special education/ adapted physical education, mainstreaming, integration, inclusion and ways forward. It further reviewed the accrued benefits and wellness of the programme for the people with special needs education along with their normal counterparts in Nigeria setting.
