In the run up to the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December 2020, @sportanddev community sent in their articles on how they are making sports more inclusive, what their challenges are, and what the future of inclusive sports looks like. #sport4inclusion.

Read the articles from: https://www.sportanddev.org/en/news-and-views/call-articles/including-persons-disabilities-sport

A total of 88 articles have been published, 8 of which were republications of articles that were originally published on another website, and 80 were original articles submitted to sportanddev.

Contributions came from 40 countries, and the following is the breakdown:

  • 7 each from India, Portugal and the UK
  • 4 each from Brazil, USA and Vanuatu
  • 3 each from Nigeria, Australia and Ireland
  • 2 each from Oceania, Switzerland, Peru, Uganda, Hong Kong, France, Zambia and Cambodia
  • 1 each from the following:
    • Bangladesh
    • Belgium
    • Canada
    • Colombia
    • Ecuador
    • Egypt
    • Finland
    • Georgia
    • Ghana
    • Guatemala
    • Macedonia
    • Mexico
    • Nepal
    • Netherlands
    • New Zealand
    • Saint Lucia
    • South Africa
    • South Korea
    • Spain
    • Thailand
    • Uruguay
    • Vietnam
    • Zimbabwe

Articles also came from a variety of national and international organisations and federations, including:

  • Special Olympics Australia
  • Badminton Oceania
  • World Amputee Football Federation
  • Special Olympics
  • International Paralympic Committee
  • Paralympics Australia
  • Gaelic Athletic Association
  • Korea Paralympic Committee
  • International Table Tennis Federation Foundation
  • The Barca Foundation
  • The Hellenic Paralympic Committee
  • The US Department of State Sports Diplomacy Division

We also received many articles from individuals affiliated with universities across the world, including:

  • Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  • Loughborough University, UK
  • University of Chichester, UK
  • University of Guanajuato, Mexico
  • University of Eastern Finland, Finland
  • University of Limerick, Ireland
  • University of Campinas, Brazil
  • Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay
  • University of Tsukuba, Japan
  • Western University, Canada
  • Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
  • Buckinghamshire New University, UK
  • University of Ilorin, Nigeria
  • Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil
  • University of Waikito, New Zealand
  • Universidade Europeia, Lisbon
  • Federal University of Santa Catarina
  • Duram University, UK
  • University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA
  • University of Connecticut, USA
  • University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
  • Brown University, USA
  • University of Lousville, USA