title: "There is soccer but we have to watch": the embodied consequences of rhetorics of inclusion for South African children with cerebral palsy.
abstract: Twenty years after the advent of democracy in South Africa (SA), there have been some successes in the achievement of greater equality, access and inclusion for many persons with disabilities. The move towards inclusive education may, however, have had unanticipated embodied consequences for people positioned discursively as included, but who in fact may in some respects be further marginalised than they had been under apartheid. We describe ethnographic research conducted in a special needs school in SA to explore the lived experiences of children with cerebral palsy and their involvement in physical activity. Our study shows how inclusive educational practices in SA have impeded involvement in sport for some children with motor impairments because of resource limitations and other historic reasons. This paper raises important questions about the role of community psychology in recognising, naming and contributing to action around injustices, which may be hard to see but which can have profound effects on the lives and bodies of those who experience exclusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bantjes
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Swartz
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Conchar
authors.affiliation: UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa, International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Centre, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Derman
keywords: South Africa; disability; inclusive education; physical activity; sport