Theoretical considerations of adaptive recreation services

Abstract

In recent years there has been a growing awareness of the benefits of recreation services for disabled populations. This has manifested itself in a growth of adaptive programmes and the number of personel in the field. There is however no consensus as to why such programmes are of such benefit and the components of such services. Any comprehensive planning strategy must consider all factors relevant to the situation being examined. There is the consequent need to have these varying factors readily available. This study is an attempt to contain these factors within the bounds of a single simple workt to compare and contrast the theory and practice and to examine the reality of the present situation and the reasons for it. For the sake of simplicity I shall concern myself principally with the physically disabled with no intellectual impairment. As a whole though, all facets are just as applicable to other deviant populations and I will call upon aspects relevant to other populations throughout the paper.