"I Went on the Mound and I Felt Like I Didn't Have a Learning Disability": A Qualitative Study of a Former Professional Baseball Player with Learning Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Grünke, Matthias; Klöpfer, Carsten; Wellmann, Thorben; Bracht, Janine
Titel	"I Went on the Mound and I Felt Like I Didn't Have a Learning Disability": A Qualitative Study of a Former Professional Baseball Player with Learning Disabilities
Quelle	In: Insights into Learning Disabilities, 17 (2020) 2, S.109-128 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1949-1212
Schlagwörter	Learning Disabilities; Team Sports; Coping; Athletes; Life Satisfaction; Success; Social Support Groups; Resilience (Psychology); Athletics; Dyslexia; Males; Interaction; Role Models; Personality Traits + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Mannschaftssport; Bewältigung; Athlet; Lebensvollendung; Erfolg; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Leichtathletik; Dyslexics; Legasthenie; Lese-Rechtschreib-Schwäche; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Interaktion; Identifikationsfigur; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	Individuals with severe academic challenges constitute one of the most vulnerable groups of our society. Science has to find ways to help arm them against life's challenges and cope with the many risk factors that they are usually confronted with. Team sports like baseball seem to be a suitable means of achieving that goal. In this qualitative study, we interviewed a young man with learning disabilities who played professional baseball for two years. Our participant talked about his life as a student and related how his career in baseball made his academic difficulties appear much less significant. He gave some meaningful insights into what helped him to build a happy and fulfilling life for himself -- not only in spite of his challenges but also because of what his learning disabilities taught him. Support from significant others, a sense of purpose, a fighting spirit ignited by sports, and the success that he experienced on the baseball field were among the most relevant factors. Overall, this study highlights the importance of finding an outlet for young people with learning disabilities where their academic problems fade into the background while their talents are validated. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Learning Disabilities Worldwide, Inc. 14 Nason Street, Maynard, MA 01754. Tel: 978-897-5399; Fax: 978-897-5355; e-mail: info@ldworldwide.org; Web site: http://www.ldworldwide.org/educators/ild-educators
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01