Adaptive Leisure Going Virtual
Health benefits of adaptive online leisure-time physical activity for people with disabilities in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This project is conducted in partnership with the community-based organization Adaptive Adventures. Through interviews with individuals living with disabilities and staff members, as well as a large survey with members, this project aims to explore the impact of offering virtual adaptive leisure-time physical and recreational activities to people with physical disabilities.
Specifically, this project has 3 objectives:
- to understand the perceived physical, mental, and social health benefits of online adaptive leisure-time physical and recreational activities
- to document the challenges and facilitators to participation
- to identify the strategies that support participation in virtual adaptive leisure-time physical and recreational activities
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Labbé, D., Desai, N., Hermann, C. & Elder, C. (2023). “I Never Really Thought That a Virtual Ride Would be That Good!”: A Mixed-Method Study of the Experiences of Participants in Virtual Adaptive Recreation During Covid-19. Disability and Health Journal,16(1), 101395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101395
This is a summary of what individuals with disabilities have told us about their experience with virtual adaptive leisure during Covid-19.
Going Virtual-Member infographic page
Staff of a community based organization shared with us their process of moving their activities online. See what they shared with us.
Virtual Program-Staff infographic
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Principal investigators
Delphine Labbé, UIC College of Applied Health Sciences
Chelsea Elder, Adaptive Adventures