The Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota, has produced a publication titled Impact: Feature Issue on Social Inclusion Through Recreation for Persons with Disabilities. Recreation programs have a number of characteristics that make them ideal places for individuals with disabilities to experience social inclusion and friendship-building. Articles in this publication describe those characteristics and strategies for developing meaningful and ongoing social connections between persons with and without disabilities, barriers to recreation participation, and individual success stories.

Access the publication online at http://www.ncpad.org/659/2692/2004-02-01.