Reported by Aberdeen Evening Express – the news we share raises awareness of equality issues being reported in the media.
Greater numbers of children with disabilities are being supported to learn to swim, new research has found.
As part of the #SeeMyAbility campaign, leisure trusts and aquatic providers have been given a toolkit to support and help swimming instructors to teach in an inclusive way for those with disabilities.
Diane Breen, coached programmes manager at Sport Aberdeen, said: “We have increased the number of children with disabilities in mainstream lessons from 166 to 184 since the start of the summer as a result of our inclusion work. This is fantastic and we very much support the #SeeMyAbility campaign.”
Read more at: https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/boost-in-number-of-children-with-disabilities-learning-to-swim-in-aberdeen/