Tips and advice for supporting disabled runners
** Impairment specific information
for leaders and coaches **
Links marked ** are aimed at Leaders and Coaches and go to pages on www.ukcoaching.org.
However, information may also include useful impairment-specific tips and advice for all.
Visually impaired
Find a Guide database for visually impaired runners
Sight Loss Awareness and Guide Running workshop
Running and Sprinting with Guides (PDF 240kB)
How to organise a visually impaired taster session (PDF 250kB)
Coaching people with visual impairments**
Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Deaf-friendly running guidance (PDF 670kB)
Amputees
Running Resource Guide for amputees by Limb Power (PDF 1.8MB)
Information and advice on running blades (PDF 220kB)
Blade runner - Kathleen's story
Wheelchair users
Information and advice on wheelchair racing (PDF 360kB)
Coaching manual wheelchair users**
Other physical impairments
Other impairments and long term health conditions
Running and diabetes guidance (PDF 340kB)
Running and dementia guidance (PDF 3.4MB)
Running and Down's Syndrome guidance (PDF 200kB)
Running and autism guidance (PDF 2.1MB)
The National Autistic Society advice and support factsheet (PDF 180kB)
