The CDPP’s Sport & Exercise Team is excited to share their 3rd issue of Ability Insights, a family-focused newsletter. In this issue you will find information on the Special Olympics...
Resources and Publications
Featured
Open Access MythBusting Paper: The Participation of People with Disabilities in the Workplace Across the Employment Cycle
In the paper led by Dr. Silvia Bonaccio of the University of Ottawa/Telfer School of Management and the CDPP Employment Team, evidence-based responses to 11 specific concerns that employers have...
Open Access Systematic Review: Work-focused interventions that promote the labour market transition of young adults with chronic disabling health conditions
A systematic review led by Dr. Arif Jetha, of the CDPP Employment Team, examined work-focused interventions to support the transition of young adults into the labour market. Results highlight the...
Toolkits & Catalogs
A Catalogue of Resources for Health and Recreation Practitioners
Supporting Physical Activity among Canadians with Physical Disabilities: Resources for health and recreation practitioners...
Ability Toolkit
The Ability Toolkit: A Resource for Parents of Children and Youth with a Disability is a parent-centered resource aimed to help...
The Blueprint for Building Quality Participation in Sport for Children, Youth, and Adults with a Disability including Quality Participation Checklist Audit Tool
The Blueprint for Building Quality Participation in Sport for Children, Youth, and Adults with a Disability introduces key concepts that underpin quality participation, and provides tools for...
Evidence-Based Strategies for Building Quality Participation in Sports for Children, Youth, and Adults with Disability
This report was developed as a supplement to The Blueprint for...
Physical Activity, Active Living, and Sport Resource Catalogue
Online resources for Canadians living with disabilities
Knowledge Translation Bulletins
Strategies to Support Teachers Who Deliver Inclusive Physical Education Classes
This knowledge translation bulletin outlines strategies to best support teachers working in inclusive physical education so that they can acquire the tools they need to provide a richer and more...
Recreational Leisure Activities: Understanding the benefits of participating in Adaptive Leisure Activities
This knowledge translation bulletin shares the findings from a qualitative study which assessed the impact of adapted recreational activities on the wellbeing, health, and social participation of...
Young Adults with Chronic Conditions and Disabilities Face Workplace Barriers
This knowledge translation bulletin looks at research that suggests young workers with arthritis have more difficulty accessing workplace supports than older workers with the same condition....
Seven Themes of Successful Physical Activity Programs for People with Disabilities
This knowledge translation bulletin identifies the seven themes of all successul recreational and exercise programs designed for people with disabilities.
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Sport & Exercise Participation and Disability: A Blueprint for Change
This document outlines the factors that influence sport and exercise participation for people with physical disabilities.
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Rethinking the meaning of "Participation" for people with disabilities
The purpose of this document is to encourage community programmers, rehabilitation specialists, policy makers and researchers to better understand the nature of participation by people with...
More Resources and Publications
A blueprint for addressing barriers to physical activity participation for people with disabilities in the recreation and health care sectors
Purpose: Dozens of published papers cite factors related to leisure time physical activity (LTPA) participation among...
We need data on physical activity among people with disabilities
The following article, written by Kathleen Martin Ginis, was published in the Hamilton Spectator (April 5, 2016) and highlights the importance of having data on phyiscal activity participation...
Physical Activity, Active Living, and Sport Resource Catalogue
Online resources for Canadians living with disabilities
What factors influence adult wheelchair users' participation in social and community activities?
Purpose: To systematically identify factors presented in existing literature that are associated with adult wheelchair users' (WCUs) participation in social and community activities.
What rehabilitation interventions improve social participation after stroke?
Purpose: To review the existing evidence of randomized controlled trials (RTCs) to determine whether rehabilitation interventions have a beneficial effect on social participation after stroke.