Mission of the Project
Greetings, everyone, and welcome to the Inclusion in U.S. High School Sports Storytelling Project!
The storytelling project, facilitated by researcher and 2023-24 Illinois in Partner Policymaking fellow T.J. Gordon, will encourage former high school student-athletes with disabilities to share their experiences in high school sports and insights & suggestions on how high school associations can expand the inclusion of student-athletes with disabilities in their sporting events and activities.
There are two sets of stories in the project:
- The Inclusion in U.S. High School Sports Storytelling series focuses on the benefits and power of inclusion in high school sports from a national level.
- The Inclusion in Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Sports Storytelling series highlights the stories and insights from former IHSA student-athletes with disabilities.
This project is supported by:
Illinois Partners in Policymaking (via the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities)
This product is supported in part by grant number CFDA 93.630 from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to freely express their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.