Abstract
Students with developmental disabilities face many difficulties in their school life, and physical education
classes are no exception. Many students with developmental disabilities have difficulty with physical activities
due to their characteristics such as hypersensitivity and difficulty with motor skills.
The purpose of this study is to conduct interviews with a person with developmental disabilities and to
examine how physical education classes should be and appropriate teaching methods to ensure that no student
is left behind. A woman diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder when she was a junior in collage participated
in the interviews of this study.
The results of the interviews were categorized into (1) differences between elementary school and junior
high school, (2) teaching and evaluation methods, (3) her own movements, (4) difficulties in physical education
due to her own characteristics, and (5) her relationship with her surroundings. The study also suggests that the
followings may be main considerations in physical education classes for students with disabilities:
understanding of individual characteristics and appropriate multi-environment setting, small-step instruction,
use of specific language, approachable teachersʼ responses and atmosphere, and moderate teacher intervention.
