Abstract
Building on the theories of ableism, social practice and self-determination, this article proposes a framework to aid explaining why disabled people (DP) are less likely to access and participate in sport and physical activity (S&PA). We argue that ableism acts as a regulatory mechanism for each of the elements (habitus, capital and field) and different forms of capital (social, cultural, economic and symbolic) of Bourdieu’s concept of social practice. In addition, we argue that this regulation of social practice also impacts the possibility for DP to self-determine their access to and participation in S&PA due to their perceived competence, autonomy and relatedness. In turn, we also acknowledge that ableism can impact directly upon self-determination and that social practice within the arena of S&PA may reinforce ableist perceptions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 209-224 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Leisure Studies |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 27 Nov 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 3 Mar 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the H2020 Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Actions [Research and Innovation grant agreement no. 823815].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Funding
This work was supported by the H2020 Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Actions [Research and Innovation grant agreement no. 823815].
Keywords
- Ableism
- disabled people
- self-determination
- social capital
- social practice
- sport and physical activity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management