• The Journal of Special Children Education
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.243-268
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine parents' perception of barriers and support plans to leisure participation for middle and high school students with disabilities. Method: The subjects of this study were 172 parents who had middle and high school students attending special schools. The study surveyed subjects' perceived barriers and support plans to leisure participation for their children. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS to produce descriptive statistics independent t-test, and one way ANOVA. Results: As the results, first, there were no significant differences in barrier factors between gender, but 'lack of facilities and places', 'negative awareness of neighborhood', 'lack of programs and equipments' factors had significant differences between school levels. As well there were significant differences among types of disabilities in all barrier factors. Second, there were no differences in support plans between gender but, there were significant differences between school levels in 'support teachers' club activity', 'improve awareness of the community to disabilities' and, 'financial support' factors. As well, all factors under support plans appeared significant differences among types of disability groups. Conclusion: Therefore this study strongly suggests that remove barriers and support strategies suit in disability types rather than gender for effective leisure participation in youth with disabilities.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.107-114
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• 2018

It is needed to connect the curriculum of leisure use with community resources in order to allow students with developmental disability in a transition period to recover composure themselves through the curriculum of leisure use, improve their skills to enjoy, and apply their independent ability to utilize the actual leisure resources in a community through community programs. To realize this, it is necessary to secure recognition of leisure use from teachers instructing leisure use as a curriculum and examine points to be improved and importance mentioned about community-based leisure activity participation. The latest research on lifelong planning extends leisure activity from existing elements and implies the necessity of preparation in holistic aspects. As the crucial resources of leisure activity for students with developmental disability, this author focuses on the importance of leisure activities in schools and in communities and provides supportive measures to elevate accessibility to leisure activity.