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The SPE teacher is a part of developmentally appropriate physical education. In other words it is a physical activity that is adapted and modified to be appropriate for the person with a disability. The specialization in Adapted Physical Education in Wroclaw University School of Physical Education was established in 1997. This article reports data drawn from a survey of students’ views about their motivation to work with children with disabilities. The students were recruited from adapted physical education specialization provided by the University. The data were used to constitute six groups of the motives of adapted physical education students. The findings showed that the largest group of female students, more than 30 percent, decided to study adapted physical education because they “want to help others”. The largest groups of male students have chosen the specialization as a way of self-realization, more than 35 percent.