Dissertation
Towards Guidelines for the Inclusion of Children with Disability in Sport: How framing the treatment of children with disability in competitive sport as discrimination leads to true inclusion
University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Doctor of Philosophy, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25907/00738
Abstract
The law plays a crucial role in the treatment of children with disability in competitive sport. It can lead to improved experiences for those children. If not implemented in the right way, it can hinder and hamper experiences of children with disability in sport. This thesis considers the way the law applies to the structures, rules and policies in competitive sport in Australia, and argues that using discrimination law to identify treatment as discriminatory can lead to the law, or more importantly its implementation, providing a solution to the exclusion of children with disability from meaningful experiences in competitive sport. The solution proposed in this thesis is the introduction of Guidelines for the inclusion of children with disability in competitive sport, as provided for in the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (‘DDA’). This thesis culminates, in Chapter 7, with draft Guidelines.
Details
- Title
- Towards Guidelines for the Inclusion of Children with Disability in Sport: How framing the treatment of children with disability in competitive sport as discrimination leads to true inclusion
- Authors
- Simone Pearce - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
- Contributors
- Timothy Peters (Principal Supervisor) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyJay Sanderson (Supervisor) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
- Awarding institution
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Degree awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- DOI
- 10.25907/00738
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99704997702621
- Output Type
- Dissertation
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