Adaptive Physical Education Australia

APE programs are vital in maintaining and enhancing the quality of life for people with disabilities.

Adaptive physical education evolved from medical treatments that were designed to cope with disabilities.

[3] Pehr Henrik Ling, who founded the Swedish School of Sports and Health Sciences in 1813 in Stockholm, Sweden[4] developed medical gymnastic programs for people with disabilities in 1884.

Students with intellectual disabilities need to have APE programs that are appropriately designed and take into consideration their academic, physical, motor, social and emotional skills.

[3] Students with emotional and behavioural disorders can create instructional dilemmas for APE teachers.