Sport for Young People with a Disability in Wales : The State of Play

18 feb 2019 · 19 min. 18 sec.

There are lots of reasons for the rise in young disabled people taking part in sport but the chief executive of Disability Sport Wales has told the latest Sport Wale...

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There are lots of reasons for the rise in young disabled people taking part in sport but the chief executive of Disability Sport Wales has told the latest Sport Wale Podcast that ‘sport is now a viable option’.
The 2018 School Sport Survey found significant rises in participation amongst those people who classed themselves as having an impairment – with 45% now taking part in sport three times a week or more compared to 40% in 2015.
Here, Fiona Reid (CEO of Disability Sport Wales) and Owen Hathway (Head of Insight and Policy at Sport Wales) discuss the current state of play and what needs to be done in the future.

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