The Journal of Adaptive Sport and Inclusive Movement (JASIM) aims to advance scientific knowledge and scholarly dialogue specifically in the fields of disability sport and inclusive movement.

JASIM aims to:

1. Advance research and scholarship in disability sport and inclusive movement.
2. Develop understanding of the experiences, participation, and opportunities of persons with disabilities in sport and movement.
3. Promote evidence-based approaches that support meaningful and inclusive participation.
4. Provide an international platform for interdisciplinary research focused specifically on disability sport and inclusive movement.
5. Encourage research that contributes to the development of more adaptive, accessible, and inclusive sport and movement environments.

Scope

JASIM focuses exclusively on the following two core areas:

1. Disability Sport

Research concerning sport involving persons with disabilities, including:

• Disability sport
• Adaptive sport
• Para sport
• Paralympic sport
• Sport participation among persons with disabilities
• Disability sport experiences
• Athlete development in disability sport
• Performance in disability sport
• Competition and participation in disability sport
• Barriers and facilitators to disability sport participation
• Inclusion and accessibility within disability sport
• Disability sport organizations and programs
• Classification and participation in disability sport
• Coaching and training in disability sport
• Psychological and social dimensions of disability sport

1. Inclusive Movement

Research concerning meaningful movement participation of persons with disabilities in inclusive contexts, including:

• Inclusive movement
• Inclusive physical activity
• Adapted movement
• Movement participation among persons with disabilities
• Inclusive physical education
• Adapted physical education
• Inclusive movement pedagogy
• Movement experiences and engagement
• Accessibility and participation in movement
• Adaptation of movement activities
• Inclusive movement environments
• Barriers and facilitators to movement participation
• Social and educational dimensions of inclusive movement
• Inclusive movement programs and interventions

Scope Boundary

JASIM considers research from different disciplines and methodological approaches only when the central research question, population, intervention, context, or contribution is directly related to disability sport or inclusive movement.

Research that focuses primarily on general sport science, general physical activity, general exercise, or mainstream sport without a clear and substantive connection to disability sport or inclusive movement falls outside the journal's primary scope.

JASIM welcomes quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, experimental, observational, intervention, systematic review, scoping review, theoretical, and methodological studies that make a substantive contribution to disability sport or inclusive movement.