As parents search for ways to help create an active lifestyle for their child with a physical disability, it is imperative to keep in mind that parental attitudes relative to a child's involvement in sport, as well as their overall potential, are key to the child's success.

The attitudes that parents have must not only be positive, supportive, and dynamic, but they must also be contagious in order to be absorbed by the child, his or her friends, peers, and the extended family. When everyone adopts a positive attitude, an environment is created and opportunities are taken, limits are removed, and potential is increased.

Read the entire piece at http://www.ncpad.org/398/2175/Parental~Roles~in~Facilitating~and~Supporting~an~Active~
Lifestyle~for~a~Child~with~a~Disability.