The Integration of Wheelchair Users in Team Handball

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Authors

  • Steffen Greve
  • Sinikka Heisler
  • Pia von Keutz
  • Blall Shirdel
  • Frowin Fasold

Thus far, there are only a few sports activities in which people with and without intellectual disabilities can participate together and on an equal footing. The situation is even more complicated when people who are dependent on a wheelchair want to take part. The sports project Freiwurf Hamburg aims to make team handball playable for everyone. This case study documents how this can be achieved with a modified version of the handball game for runners and wheelchair users. Qualitative and quantitative data are collected and evaluated. The results show that players tend to distinguish between the roles of runner and wheelchair user rather than between disabled and non-disabled.

Original languageEnglish
Article number168
JournalSports
Volume9
Issue number12
Number of pages14
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Publication statusPublished - 14.12.2021

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This publication was funded by the Open Access Publication Fund of Leuphana University Lüneburg.

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