Adapted Sporting Activities and Social Inclusion for Persons With Hearing Impairment in Calabar Municipality Local Government Area Cross River State

Abstract

The study investigated a possible relationships between adapted sporting activities and social inclusion of students with hearing impairment in secondary schools in Calabar Municipality of Cross river State. The study was an opinion survey. There null hypotheses in line with the research questions were posed based on the three independent variables of the study. The variables include adapted field events, adapted track events and adapted recreational sports events. The correlation variables of the study which was social inclusion of student with hearing impairment. Effective data collection was ensured through a designed of 20 items questionnaire on adapted sporting activities and social inclusion of students with hearing impairment was administered to 129 students with and without hearing impairment in Calabar Municipality. The data collected was statistically tested using pearson product moment correlation Analysis at 0.05 Alpha Level. The result showed that there is a significant relationship between adapted field events and social inclusion of students with hearing impairment, adapted track event have significant relationship with social inclusion of students with hearing impairment and there is a statistically significant relationship between adapted recreational sport and social inclusion of students with hearing impairment. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that schools administrator should be committed to the responsibility of organizing regular adapted sporting activities to break any barrier by reason of disabilities and using the medium to preach acceptance as well as dragging the attention of the government to the need of equalizing all opportunities for all children regardless of disabilities. Finally it was suggested that research could be conducted to investigate barriers militating against the design and organization of adapted sporting activities for students with hearing impairment.