Chapter 5: Physical Education and Sport as a Means to Empower Children With Disability in Educational and Community Settings: The Contribution of Paralympic Education Focusing on Peers’ Interactions

Policies on inclusive education are spread worldwide. According to UNESCO (2008), the goal of inclusive education is to provide quality education for all students and communities according to their specific needs, abilities, characteristics, and learning expectations. Moreover, inclusive schools strive to erase all forms of discrimination while respecting diversity. It is generally accepted that inclusion in physical education (PE) refers to the inclusion of children with special educational needs (SEN; e.g., autism, learning disabilities, and cerebral palsy) in regular PE classes where children can have a different learning process (i.e., instruction and support) according to their specific needs (e.g., personnel, equipment, and communicational).