Disability Athletics Resources

There are a range of resources you can use to make your coaching more inclusive and aid you with coaching disabled athletes.

• Access details of the British Athletics Paralympic Talent Development Coordinators

Clubs and Coaching

A range of useful resources for clubs can be viewed through Club Hub – the resources area of our website.

• Club Factsheet – Disability Terminology
• How to include everyone – Activity Inclusion Model Guidance (PDF 180kB)

Competition and Classification

• UKA Classification guidance

Equipment and Funding

• Information and Advice on Running Blades (PDF 330kB)
• Running Resource Guide for Amputees by Limb Power (PDF 1.8MB)
• Equipment and Funding Information and Advice on Wheelchair Racing (PDF 360kB)
• Club Guide – Seated Throws
• Protean throwing frame website

Impairment specific information

• Coaching people with hearing impairments
• Coaching people with visual impairments
• Coaching people with autism
• Coaching people with ADHD
• Coaching people with Asperger Syndrome
• Coaching manual wheelchair users
• Coaching amputees
• Coaching people with Dwarfism or restricted growth
• Coaching people with a learning disability
• Coaching people with Cerebral Palsy
• Coaching people with diabetes (PDF 340kB)
• Dementia-friendly sports guide (PDF 3.4MB)
• National Autistic Society; A Guide for Sports Coaches and Clubs

Further impairment specific information

• Club Guide – Running and Sprinting with Guides or Click here to find out more about our Find A Guide programme
• Club Factsheet – How to deliver a taster session for blind and partially sighted people
• Deaf Friendly Athletics resource (PDF 670kB)

Mental health and wellbeing

• UK Coaching animation about raising awareness of mental health and the role that coaching can play in supporting participants to maintain good mental health
• Athletics and Mental Health resource (PDF 1.4MB)
• Mind – three videos: advice and support for inclusive coaching for people with mental health problems
• Promoting Good Mental Health through Coaching infographics (PDF 1.4MB)

Courses/workshops

• Keeping Deaf and Disabled Children Safe in Sport
• National Autistic Society- Autism, Sport and Physical Activity online module
• Sports Coach UK- Inclusive Activity Programme
• Mind – Mental health awareness training for sport and physical activity
• Mental health First Aid Lite (introductory three hour mental health awareness course
• British Blind Sport e-Learning module: Coaching People with a Visual Impairment