Empowering kids with disabilities to find exercise they love

Name: Empowering kids with disabilities to find exercise they love
Uploaded: 2014-10-28T00:48:09Z
Duration: P472S
Description: Physical education is required in most American high schools, but for teenagers with physical and developmental disabilities, there can be greater restrictions on how they can get active. The NewsHour’s April Brown reports on how schools in Florida’s Miami-Dade County are adapting activities like kayaking, sailing and golfing for more children.

Clip: 10/27/2014 | 7m 52s

Physical education is required in most American high schools, but for teenagers with physical and developmental disabilities, there can be greater restrictions on how they can get active. The NewsHour’s April Brown reports on how schools in Florida’s Miami-Dade County are adapting activities like kayaking, sailing and golfing for more children.

Aired: 10/27/14

Rating: NR

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