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Obesity rates report that people with a limiting long-term illness or disability (LLTI) currently describe 36.7% as overweight and 35.8% as obese. This compares to a person without a limiting long-term illness or disability (LLTI) as 39% and 25.8% respectively (HSE, 2010). This essay will explore these figures, look at the barriers and factors that relate to these figures and examine the government initiatives in place. Finally this assignment will analyse whether the government initiatives are successfully impacting upon these figures, which is the task they was implemented for.
A disability is often seen from a societal point of a view as a personal tragedy, a medical problem that should be fixed, in order for the individual to fit in with society (Harvey, A. 2004). This theory known as the medical model was believed throughout the western world up to the 1960’s(Harvey, A. 2004). Now in the light of the growing dissatisfaction of the growing medicalised explanation of disability the attitudes of many have changed from ‘disabled to differently abled’ (Mazurkiewicz, G. 2000). With this we focus on ‘the social and environmental factors that exclude people with perceived impairments in society’(Barnes et al., 1999).
Disability is a very broad and open classification of people (Sportengland,2014). This essay will critically analyse people diagnosed with Autism Spectrum, the barriers they face, the impact of inactivity, the discrimination and in equalities experienced in society and more specifically sport, and what is being done to overcome this in equality. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder characterised by impaired social interaction, difficulty with communication, repetitive behaviours, and narrow, obsessive interests (Veague,2010). Autism is referred to as a spectrum disorder because symptoms can range from mild to disabling (Autism.org,2014) The benefits of sport and physical activity are clearly known in society. Inactivity...