281 31st Annual C. H. McCloy Research Lecture and Breakfast: Building Inclusive Fitness Communities Across America: What Every Physical Activity Professional Needs to Know

People with long-term physical, mental, intellectual, and sensory disabilities need greater amounts of physical activity than they are currently obtaining to postpone or reduce the incidence of secondary health conditions. Some or much of the limitations associated with disability is related to the effects of disuse and deconditioning rather than some neurological or physiological limitation. As people with disabilities transition from rehabilitation, there is a small window of opportunity to continue recovery in the community by linking the individual to some form of community-based physical activity program. In his lecture, Dr. James Rimmer, Professor in the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago, discusses how building Inclusive Fitness Communities should be a ‘front and center’ issue for a profession that prides itself on keeping people well and fit. Rimmer is director of two federally funded centers, the National Center on Physical Activity and Disability and the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Exercise Physiology and Recreational Technologies for Persons with Disabilities. His research has focused on the effects of physical activity on reduction of secondary conditions, including obesity and deconditioning, in adults and youth with physical and cognitive disabilities. Tickets: $40. in advance, $50. onsite