Inclusive Sport–Everyone Wins!
All children and youth deserve to participate fully in regular sport and community activities, where they feel that they belong, can form friendships, and can develop and reach their full potential as valued members of our community. Everyone wins with inclusive sport!
Children and Youth With and Without Disabilities Win
- Experience positive social interactions
- Make new friends
- Take pride in their achievements
- Increase physical literacy
- Develop lifetime leisure skills
- Improve physical and social health and wellbeing
- Increase independence
- Understand and accept their own and others' strengths and gifts
- Feel like a part of their community
- Experience and appreciate diversity
Families Win
- Partner with other families to ensure high quality inclusive sport experiences
- Experience and appreciate diversity
- Contribute to an inclusive community
Community Sports Clubs Win
- Provide leadership that champions and normalizes inclusive sport
- Expand their vision, mission, values, policies and practices to include children and youth of all abilities
- Provide system–level supports to coaches and leaders who deliver high–quality inclusive sport experiences
- Ensure that children and youth with physical, sensory, intellectual and/or developmental disabilities are meaningfully included in high quality sport environments and experiences
Coaches & Leaders Win
- Increase their awareness and appreciation for all children and youth and the unique needs and strengths every child presents
- Expand their understanding and skills on how best to meet the needs of all children and youth
- Enhance their compassion, kindness and respect for others
- Reconfirm their support for all members of their community
- Experience and appreciating diversity
- Contribute to an inclusive community
Communities Win
- Provide leadership that champions and normalizes inclusive sport
- Expand their vision, mission, values, policies and practices to include children and youth of all abilities
- Provide system-level supports to coaches and leaders who deliver high quality inclusive sport experiences
- Ensure that children and youth with disabilities are meaningfully included in high quality sport environments and experiences