Author Identifier (ORCID)
Steven Connelly: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4034-533X
Dawn Penney: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2000-8953
David Aldous: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1328-7245
Abstract
This paper foregrounds the voices of people with disabilities (PwD) and their experiences of Physical Education (PE) in Western Australia (WA) in exploring interests in transgressive inclusion that are grounded in social justice and equity for PwD (DeLuca, 2013). Towards an interdisciplinary framework for educational inclusivity. Canadian Journal of Education, 36(1), 305–348. https://journals.sfu.ca/cje/index.php/cje-rce/article/view/1157/1475). The study employed a questionnaire method to pursue the perspectives of PwD in relation to (i) their experiences of lower secondary PE (years 7-10), (ii) teacher support in PE classes, (iii) experiences beyond PE in sport and physical activity, and (iv) their views regarding ways to improve PE for PwD. Findings highlight that normative conceptualisations of inclusion (DeLuca, 2013). Towards an interdisciplinary framework for educational inclusivity. Canadian Journal of Education, 36(1), 305–348. https://journals.sfu.ca/cje/index.php/cje-rce/article/view/1157/1475) inherently limit opportunities to explore and leverage the insights that PwD can provide to advance understandings and practice directed towards inclusion in PE. The paper emphasises the need for a disability voice in PE to be strengthened as an important step towards the expression of DeLuca’s transgressive forms of inclusion.
Keywords
disability, inclusive practice, Physical education, social justice, transgressive inclusion
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
1-1-2026
Publication Title
Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
School
School of Education
RAS ID
95230
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Comments
Connelly, S., Penney, D., & Aldous, D. (2026). Towards transgressive inclusion in physical education? The experiences and perspectives of people with disabilities in Western Australia. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/25742981.2026.2658526