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Including the disabled focus of day

SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University will offer an Adapted Physical Activity Awareness Day Nov. 11 to advocate the importance of including those with disabilities in adapted physical activity sessions in educational and community settings.

The free program from noon to 8 p.m. will include information booths, student-led activity demonstrations, a T-shirt giveaway, lunch on the Quad, wheelchair sports and more.

"One of the most important civil rights movements in the world is providing physical activity opportunities for people with disabilities," said Robert Arnhold, SRU professor of exercise and rehabilitative sciences and awareness day coordinator, in a news release.

Along with information booths, there will be lunch and sports demonstrations from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Quad outside Bailey Library; a "Kids in Action" swimming and recreation demonstration from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Pearl K. Stoner Instructional Complex; dinner and activities from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. at Boozel Dining Hall and wheelchair sports from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Robert N. Aebersold Student Recreation Center.

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