Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.
J Phys Act Health. 2024 Apr 17;21(7):683-691. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2023-0757. Print 2024 Jul 1.
This study examined how ableism influences blind and visually impaired women's experiences accessing and engaging in exercise, physical activity, and sport.
Ten women between the ages of 27 and 45 years completed a one-on-one audio-recorded virtual interview where they reflected on the meaningfulness of their exercise, physical activity, and/or sport experiences, as well as described any experiences related to direct, indirect, systemic, or internalized ableism within or when attempting to access those physical activity experiences. The interview transcripts were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.
The analysis resulted in the construction of 2 themes that depicted the participants' experiences: (1) "It's exhausting": navigating inaccessibility and (2) "You feel like a fish out of water": internalized ableism.
The themes highlight the participants' experiences which were largely focused on being forced to navigate inaccessible environments which resulted in exhaustion and expressions of internalized ableism. These findings provide insight into what makes and does not make a physical activity space accessible and welcoming for blind and visually impaired adults.
本研究考察了残疾歧视如何影响盲人和视力障碍女性参与运动的体验。
10 名年龄在 27 至 45 岁之间的女性完成了一次一对一的音频记录虚拟访谈，她们反思了自己在锻炼、体育活动和/或运动方面的经历的意义，以及描述了与直接、间接、系统或内化残疾歧视有关的任何经历，或在尝试参与这些体育活动时遇到的经历。对访谈记录进行了反思性主题分析。
分析结果构建了 2 个主题，描绘了参与者的体验：（1）“令人筋疲力尽”：难以进入和（2）“你感觉像一条离开水的鱼”：内化的残疾歧视。
这些主题突出了参与者的体验，这些体验主要集中在被迫进入不便利的环境，导致疲惫和表达内化的残疾歧视。这些发现深入了解了什么使物理活动空间对盲人和视力障碍成年人具有可及性和吸引力，以及什么使物理活动空间不具有可及性和吸引力。
