In this study, comprehensive community sports clubs are classified into three types. The first type includes clubs that provide sports programs for people with disabilities (Type A), the second type includes clubs that do not offer programs specialized for people with disabilities but they allowed to participate (Type B), and the third type refers clubs in which disabled persons do not take part (Type C). The purpose of this study is to clarify the features of each type of the club. A questionnaire survey was conducted on 1,431 clubs, and 425 were valid. The valid response rate was 29.7%. The main findings were as follows. 1 Of the 425 clubs, 34.6% had members with disabilities. Many members who participated in those clubs had physical and intellectual disabilities, whereas people with internal disabilities, mental disorders and multiple disabilities were rarely participated. Except for phonetic, speech and chewing disorders, men showed a higher participation rate than women with the same type of disabilities. 2 When Type A was compared to the other two types, Type A had more club members and larger annual budget, and more likely to have a juridical person. Those results suggested that people with disabilities tend to participate in a club with many members and more stable economic base. 3 More clubs in Type A develop the system of providing information and safety management for people with disabilities, and use external resources like local governments, volunteer groups, and other organizations than those in Type B. 4 More than half of members with disability in Type A chose their clubs because their acquaintances or persons who concerned welfare were there, while most members with disability in Type B were recruited through public advertisement.
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