Involvement in physical activities among disabled students / Aslam Anuar

This research was conducted to identify the involvement and participation of the disabled students in the physical activities. The nature of the disabled students is defined as the student of being unable to use a part of their body properly, usually because from an injury or a disease that involves either physical or mental disability. These problems had brought up the researcher to focus on what the perceptions of the disabled students toward involving in the physical activities and what the impact that they can get when they get involve in physical activities. The respondents for this study were 40 students that were selected randomly from Sekolah Menengah Pendidikan Khas Vokasional Seksyen 17, Shah Alam. All the data were gathered and was analysed by using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS 17.0) to find frequency by using descriptive statistics. The findings show that majority of the respondents are involve in the physical activities even only once a week. Besides, this research also find out the perceptions of the disabled students toward involving in physical activities are positive. Majority of respondents agreed that physical activities can give positive and many benefits for them. This study also indicated about the real problems and barriers that been faced by the disabled students during performing the physical activities. Lastly, this research also presents the priority recommendation based on the disabled student’s perspectives to solve the problems that happen to them.