Gender and disability sport participation: Setting a sociological research agenda

The aim of this paper is to introduce a sociological research agenda on gander in the context of disability sport participation. This is done in three parts. In the first part, there is an examination of the differences between the biological and social conceptions of ''sex/gender'' and ''impairment/disability.'' In the second part, we offer 3 critique of the research on fender and disability sport. The point is made that there has been very little consideration of how gender structures the experiences of disability spelt participation. There is a need for a more sophisticated theoretical foundation, different theoretical perspectives, and different approaches, and for alternative research designs to increase our knowledge about gender, disability, and sport participation. These are offered, in the third part, in a suggested sociological research agenda focusing on socialization and gender roles social differentiation and stratification, and life chances.