Movement magic: How sports can help empower kids with intellectual disabilities

Studies show that sports provide very healthy solutions for improving the quality of lives of people living with intellectual disabilities and also their families.— 123rf.com

HAVING a child with intellectual disability (ID) is, more often than not, viewed negatively. It comes with a sense of dread, hopelessness and even helplessness.

The narrative that having a child with ID is pitiful and to some people, disastrous, is often the single psychological barrier that prevents the child and his or her family from living a more fulfilling life.