Document Type
Capstone
Abstract
Occupational therapy is defined by the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework Domain & Process, 4th edition, as the therapeutic use of everyday life occupations with persons, groups, or populations for the purpose of enhancing or enabling participation (AOTA, 2020). This simply proclaims, occupational therapist uses everyday activities to create or restore a person's identity as identified by occupation. Engaging people with disability in active meaningful occupations (adaptive sports), through limiting barriers, occupational therapist have a role in adaptive sports programs. Meaningful physical activity is essential for sustaining a healthy lifestyle for people with disabilities and the way to address this is through using an occupational therapist within an adaptive sports program. The purpose of this capstone was to educate adaptive sports programs using evidence-based research on the role of occupational therapy within an adaptive sports program and the perspectives (facilitating factors and barriers) of participating in adaptive sports or physical active leisure activities. This capstone implemented pre- and post-surveys around an educational lecture to an adaptive sports program. These surveys provided quality data expressing the role of occupational therapy in adaptive sports programs and the barriers people with disability are faced with, when trying to find adaptive sports.
Publication Date
4-18-2022
Recommended Citation
Grady, Henry III, "Exploring Occupational Therapy's Role in an Adaptive Sport/Leisure Community-Based Program and the Experience of Participating in Sports with Cognitive and Physical Disability" (2022). MOT Student Capstones. 59.
https://riches.cabarruscollege.edu/mot-student-capstones/59
