answer the questions.
1. In class presentations, there may have beensome confusion among MAAA sports, Special Olympics, and Paralympics and for whom these sports are intended. On the
following chart, note to whom the sport/activities are intended (what disabilities) and age- or grade or ability level ranges. [26 points]
Sport/Activity Who sport/activity is for Age or grade or ability-level range
Wheelchair Tennis
Sitting Volleyball
Special Olympics: MATP
Special Olympics: YAP
Special Olympics: Bocce
Wheelchair Basketball
Wheelchair Rugby
Beep Baseball
Goal Ball
MAAA Soccer (PI)
MAAA Bowling (PI)
MAAA Softball (PI)
If you are a K-12 physical education teacher education major or are currently teaching, choose a different grade level for questions 2-4 (elementary, middle, senior
high). If you are nonteaching, you may gear to answers to either grade level or adults.
2. Of the sports we covered in our class report–demonstrations, select one sport or activity and describe how you would modify it for transition-age learners with
moderate/severe developmental cognitive disabilities (DCD) You should have at least five modifications. [5 points]
3. Of the sports we covered in our class report–demonstrations, select one sport and describe how you would use it in an inclusion setting (learners/individuals
with and without disabilities). Describe five ways you would use it and/or make modifications to it. Think carefully as to what equipment you would have available; few
schools have wheelchairs like we do. Also think safety. [5 points]
4. Of the sports we covered in our class report–demonstrations, select one sport and describe how you would use it as a simulation activity to teach empathy to
learners/individuals without disabilities. You should address at least 5 points. [5 points]
5. Briefly describe the expansion of disability sports from an historical perspective. Focus on five significant trends and briefly explain how these trends have
contributed to or changed the development of disability sport. Do not just list events. Rather, link them with the evolution of disability sport. [10 points]
16
Fact & Fiction
Compare THREE(3) factors from three different authors lives with 3 factors from any of the stories they have written and discuss how they “mirror” eachother. You MUST
use passages from the stories to support each factor.
AUTHORS: Edgar Allan Poe
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Eugene O’Neill
*You can use any story, EXCEPT “Before Breakfast” by Eugene O’Neill.
EXAMPLES OF FACTORS YOU MAY USE ARE:
1. Their life, growing up.
2. Marriage.
3. Challenges they’ve face.
4. Addictions.
5. Deaths.