This work examines the experiences of children with disabilities participating in youth programmes alongside their typical peers. It covers the issues that influence the increasing participation of kids with disabilities in such activities as Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and recreation programmes.

Dale Borman Fink, the author of the only book on inclusion of youth with special needs in after school child care, now presents the first book to examine the experiences of children with disabilities participating in youth programs alongside their typical peers. Using a case study technique, he probes into the issues and dynamics that influence the increasing participation of kids with disabilities in such activities as Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and park and recreation programs.

-- Preface -- Introduction: Inclusive Recreation and Sports Enter The Mainstream -- Lindy's Wish -- Embarking on a Qualitative Case Study -- Entering Wabash -- Batter Up? Fun Versus Competition In The Park and Recreation Department' -- The Youth Recreation Center: Many Drop In
One Family Opts Out -- On My Honor, I Will Try -- "Sensei, Permission to Join Class?" -- Answering MY Own Questions: Conclusions from the Case Study -- Which Way Forward? -- End Notes -- Selected Bibliography