{"id":10691,"date":"2023-01-25T00:33:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T00:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/idea-robindales-power-of-inclusion-in-sports\/"},"modified":"2023-01-25T00:33:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T00:33:25","slug":"idea-robindales-power-of-inclusion-in-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/idea-robindales-power-of-inclusion-in-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"IDEA Robindale&#8217;s Power of Inclusion in Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BROWNSVILLE (ValleyCentral, TX) \u2014 Local families applaud IDEA Public Schools students and staff for making students with autism feel part of the school community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My favorite sports are golf and basketball because whether they help my teammates or not,&#8221; said Matthew Leos, a ninth grader with autism IDEA Robindale.<\/p>\n<p>He loves to play sports and his parents make sure that his voice is heard and give him the opportunity to participate in school-related activities, including sports, just like everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What I love about basketball is being able to support my teammates,&#8221; Leos said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n<p>\t\tInsomnia Cookies is ready to open its first RGV location<br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>IDEA Athletic Coordinator Jose Garcia says Matthew has been part of the sports team for many years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s important for everyone to be in the group. Being inclusive allows us to bring everyone within the team within the family,&#8221; said Garcia.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>IDEA Public Schools aren&#8217;t the only school districts that have embraced inclusion in sports. The Brownsville Independent School District began implementing the Zarya Act and held an interschool basketball league.<\/p>\n<p>The law, which will be passed in 2021, will involve the creation of a comprehensive sports program by the University Interscholastic League, so students like Matthew will have the opportunity to experience the thrill of competing in sports.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiXWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnZhbGxleWNlbnRyYWwuY29tL25ld3MvbG9jYWwtbmV3cy9wb3dlci1vZi1pbmNsdXNpb24taW4tc3BvcnRzLWF0LWlkZWEtcm9iaW5kYWxlL9IBYWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnZhbGxleWNlbnRyYWwuY29tL25ld3MvbG9jYWwtbmV3cy9wb3dlci1vZi1pbmNsdXNpb24taW4tc3BvcnRzLWF0LWlkZWEtcm9iaW5kYWxlL2FtcC8?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] BROWNSVILLE (ValleyCentral, TX) \u2014 Local families applaud IDEA Public Schools students and staff for making students with autism feel part of the school community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/921G2516.00_00_06_27.Still001.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}