physical education
Exploring the World of Adapted Physical Education: Enhancing Inclusivity for Blind and Visually Impaired Students: Accessible Technology and Adaptive Equipment
Adapted physical education (APE) teachers Maebh Barry and John Seskus at the Perkins School for the Blind, use both specialized...
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Exploring the World of Adapted Physical Education: Enhancing Inclusivity for Blind and Visually Impaired Students: Paralympic Sport Training and Inclusion
Whether they are going for the gold on a court, field, or in a pool, athletes push themselves to be...
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Exploring the World of Adapted Physical Education: Enhancing Inclusivity for Blind and Low Vision Students- Adapting Traditional PE Activities
Traditional P.E. activities can be found in almost every gym class, so making them accessible is very important. Running, jumping,...
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Learning About Goalball from a Paralympian
Played competitively in 112 countries, goalball is a team sport for athletes who are blind and low vision. We recently...
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Adapted P.E. and SPORTS COURTS
We recently spoke with Amanda Dennis, Paralympic Goalball athlete and APH’s new Engagement Specialist, about the lack of adapted physical...
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Adapting Physical Education Classes to Meet Student Needs
How do you make physical education (PE) classes accessible for students who are blind and visually impaired? We spoke with...
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Meet APH Scholar Stacey Gibbins
APH is proud to recognize Stacey Gibbins, nominated by Ex Officio Trustee (EOT), Scott McCallum, as one of our 2021-2022...
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Stop, Drop, Go, Go, Go!
APH’s Reach & Match® Learning Kit helps young children of all abilities develop their motor and social skills, all under...
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Building Your Physical Education Toolkit
Summer is in full swing with lots of opportunities to be outdoors and get physical. We know how important staying...
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Ski the Winter Blues Away
Photo from Move United Sport Winter Sports Camps Updated January 4th, 2021. When someone mentions the fun times they had...
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Perkins & APH Partner on New Phys Ed. E-Book in Spanish for Latin America
Lavelle Fund for the Blind Grant Establishes New Collaboration between American Printing House for the Blind and the Perkins School...
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Sock Sort Relay
Skills to work on for this lesson: Gross Motor Fine Motor O&M Math (comparing size, length, and numbers) PE Get...
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APH Physical Education: Leading a Healthy Life
Our physical education website provides families, educators, and people who are blind or visually impaired with information about specialized APH...
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