All occupations › Education & libraryCan AI Replace Adapted Physical Education Specialists in 2026? Lower exposure. AI could handle about 56% of today's adapted physical education specialists tasks by 2036, and there is a 24% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI both assists and takes over tasks.
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Timeline Year 2030 Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs
12% 2030 · 24% 2036
One person could cover, 2036
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0% 50% 100% 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 22% 2027: 23% 2028: 25% 2029: 29% 2030: 33% 2031: 39% 2032: 44% 2033: 48% 2034: 52% 2035: 54% 2036: 56% 33% Share of today's tasks AI can perform 40 80 120 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 100 2027: 99 2028: 99 2029: 97 2030: 96 2031: 95 2032: 93 2033: 92 2034: 91 2035: 90 2036: 89 96 Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line) Your survival map Not every part of your job is at the same risk. Tap a number to see what to do about each task.
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1 Instruct students, using adapted physical education techniques, to improve physical fitness, gross motor skills, perceptual motor skills, or sports and game achievement. 2 Provide individual or small groups of students with adapted physical education instruction that meets desired physical needs or goals. 3 Provide students positive feedback to encourage them and help them develop an appreciation for physical education. 4 Write or modify individualized education plans (IEPs) for students with intellectual or physical disabilities. 5 Prepare lesson plans in accordance with individualized education plans (IEPs) and the functional abilities or needs of students. 6 Adapt instructional techniques to the age and skill levels of students. 7 Maintain thorough student records to document attendance, participation, or progress, ensuring confidentiality of all records. 8 Request or order physical education equipment, following standard procedures. 9 Communicate behavioral observations and student progress reports to students, parents, teachers, or administrators. 10 Write reports to summarize student performance, social growth, or physical development. Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills Your plan Ticks are saved in this browser only.
Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Maintain thorough student records to document attendance, participation, or progress, ensuring confidentiality of all records". Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Write or modify individualized education plans (IEPs) for students with intellectual or physical disabilities". Get visibly better at your human core: "Instruct students, using adapted physical education techniques, to improve physical fitness, gross motor skills, perceptual motor skills, or sports and game achievement". Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output. Read about a lower-risk move: Special Education Teachers, Preschool. Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks Based on 20 O*NET tasks for "Adapted Physical Education Specialists" (SOC 25-2059.01). LLM alone: 30% of tasks; with AI tools: 65%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10
