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Swimming and aquatic activities for children with disabilities can foster physical fitness and motor skill development within a physical education program and during recreational pursuits. Adapted aquatics means modifying the aquatic teaching environment, skills, facilities, equipment, and instructional strategies for people with disabilities. Physical educators, school administrators, parents, related service personnel, and special education teachers must be educated about the benefits of ...
Many studies have extolled the benefits of walking, including the Netherlands’ 2010 National Recreational Walking Monitor (in Dutch, see http://www.wandelnet.nl/sites/default/files/docs/nationalewandelmonitor-downloadpdf.pdf). A regular walker is someone who walks 30 minutes a week at a minimum and who also makes longer walks regularly. A review of the benefits of walking by Lee and Buchner (2008)—specially made for a walking conference—revealed that “walking is a simple health behavior that...
