Harada, Coreen M., and Gary N. Siperstein. "The Sport Experience Of Athletes With Intellectual Disabilities: A National Survey Of Special Olympics Athletes And Their Families." Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly 26.1 (2009): 68-85. Academic Search Complete. Web. 23 Oct. 2015.
I found my second secondary source through the UK libraries database. This source was a study done to analyze the experience athletes have who are a part of Special Olympics. This was a national study done on 1,307 families and 579 athletes about the involvement, motives, and their reason for leaving Special Olympics. The results of the study were:
-54% participate for fun
-21% participate for social interaction
-38% leave because change in interest
-33% leave because of program availability
This source is useful for my project because it shows a deeper meaning for why athletes with intellectual disabilities participate in or leave Special Olympics. This study also talks about the similarity between athletes without an ID, compared to athletes with an ID.
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