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However, less research attention has focused on walking for people with disabilities, and even fewer studies have been considered for different types of disabilities. The present study aimed to demonstrate how walking distance was associated with people with seven different types of disabilities\u2014 including visual, hearing, physical\/mobility, intellectual, learning, autism, and emotional\/behavioral disabilities\u2014in terms of their physical abilities and subjective health.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 378 participants (aged 13\u201365) were gathered from seven national organizations in Thailand. A survey questionnaire on aspects of physical abilities (i.e., walking distance or manually rolling wheelchair distance; body balance; weightlifting; exercise duration and frequency); and subjective health (i.e., health status and satisfaction) was completed online by all participants.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The walking distance was partially positive and associated with exercise duration, weightlifting, exercise frequency, and health status (all p values &amp;lt; 0.001), as well as body balance and health satisfaction (p = 0.001 and 0.004, respectively), after controlling for age, sex, and types of disability. This demonstrated that increasing the amount of distance walked could well lead to a more positive body and mind.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The present study suggests that the possibility of having a walk and\/or encouraging people with disabilities to walk for greater distances can have a significant impact on both their physical and subjective health outcomes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2023.1120926","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,16]],"date-time":"2023-06-16T04:43:17Z","timestamp":1686890597000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Walking activity increases physical abilities and subjective health in people with seven different types of disabilities"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Pattamon","family":"Selanon","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Warawoot","family":"Chuangchai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","first-page":"58","volume-title":"Global recommendations on physical activity for health","year":"2010"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"125","DOI":"10.1186\/s12966-015-0290-5","article-title":"Effectiveness of a walking programme to support adults with intellectual disabilities to increase physical activity: walk well cluster-randomised controlled trial","volume":"12","author":"Melville","year":"2015","journal-title":"Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"42","DOI":"10.5042\/tldr.2011.0008","article-title":"Health inequalities and people with learning disabilities in the UK","volume":"16","author":"Emerson","year":"2011","journal-title":"Tizard Learn Disabil Rev"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"103","DOI":"10.1186\/s12966-017-0558-z","article-title":"Built environmental correlates of older adults\u2019 total physical activity and walking: a systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"14","author":"Barnett","year":"2017","journal-title":"Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1728","DOI":"10.1249\/MSS.0b013e318258af3f","article-title":"Advantage of distance- versus time-based estimates of walking in predicting adiposity","volume":"44","author":"Williams","year":"2012","journal-title":"Med Sci Sports Exerc"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"616","DOI":"10.1080\/01426397.2016.1197190","article-title":"Mental well-being and quality-of-life benefits of inclusion in nature for adults with disabilities and their caregivers","volume":"41","author":"Jakubec","year":"2016","journal-title":"Landsc Res"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"38","DOI":"10.1186\/1479-5868-7-38","article-title":"Physical activity and functional limitations in older adults: a systematic review related to Canada's physical activity guidelines","volume":"7","author":"Paterson","year":"2010","journal-title":"Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act"},{"key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"80","DOI":"10.1186\/1479-5868-8-80","article-title":"How many steps\/day are enough? 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