I’m so sorry to read of your experiences. As a child I was able-bodied but smaller than average so often teased about my abilities in sport, however I went to a primary school that was modern and encouraging and regardless of size, I did ok in PE. It wasn’t my favourite subject, but it was ok. Then we moved and I went to a completely different primaryschool in a very different area. I was comprehensively bullied for three years and no matter how hard I tried, I was mocked in PE. I was always last picked for a team and even if I came second or third out of a team of say eight, it wasn’t good enough. I could run quite well (to get away from bullies) but it made no difference. The level of loathing this created in me for PE and any sort of team competition has impacted my whole life even though I’m a good team player. When someone at work suggested doing a rounders match I went straight back to 40+ years earlier. Of all things I’m our culture, one of the worst to alienate people for whatever reason, is PE. My experience has been much less traumatic than yours. I’m disgusted that grown people nowadays can think it ok to mock yoir walk, gait, mobility. I am now not anywhere as mobile as I was, and get funny looks when I get out of a car etc because it takes awhile to be able to walk normally, but I have never experienced what you have and it’s one more reason to feel ashamed of the world we live in xxx
I’m so sorry to read of your experiences. As a child I was able-bodied but smaller than average so often teased about my abilities in sport, however I went to a primary school that was modern and encouraging and regardless of size, I did ok in PE. It wasn’t my favourite subject, but it was ok. Then we moved and I went to a completely different primaryschool in a very different area. I was comprehensively bullied for three years and no matter how hard I tried, I was mocked in PE. I was always last picked for a team and even if I came second or third out of a team of say eight, it wasn’t good enough. I could run quite well (to get away from bullies) but it made no difference. The level of loathing this created in me for PE and any sort of team competition has impacted my whole life even though I’m a good team player. When someone at work suggested doing a rounders match I went straight back to 40+ years earlier. Of all things I’m our culture, one of the worst to alienate people for whatever reason, is PE. My experience has been much less traumatic than yours. I’m disgusted that grown people nowadays can think it ok to mock yoir walk, gait, mobility. I am now not anywhere as mobile as I was, and get funny looks when I get out of a car etc because it takes awhile to be able to walk normally, but I have never experienced what you have and it’s one more reason to feel ashamed of the world we live in xxx