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The goal of the paper is to consider the philosophical categories of the singular, special and universal in the aspect of adaptive physical education for the people with speech pathology. In the study the categories of singular, particular and general are analyzed through the prism of the adaptive physical education regarding people with speech disorders. These categories, reflected in the adaptive physical education, are refracted in the paper as a methodological basis for correction of general speech underdevelopment. They are also positioned as the initial provisions of a new principle of the adaptive physical education - the connection between physical development and speech, which is taken as a basis for correcting general speech underdevelopment by means of physical training. The problem of the categories of the singular, particular and general in the adaptive physical education has not been adequately considered, especially with regards to the individuals with speech disorders. Using the categories of the singular, particular and general in physical culture as a methodological basis for correcting general speech underdevelopment is a new approach. The categories considered in this paper are studies for the first time as the core of a new principle of the adaptive physical education. The principle of connection between the physical development and speech has been developed using the methods of philosophy: the scientific, dialectical, axiomatic, hermeneutic, formal logical, empirical cognition and deduction. Its development was based on the mutual links of the categories of the singular, particular and general. With regard to the technique of correcting general speech underdevelopment through physical training, this principle means the following: - Physical development is very important for the normal development of the child's speech, whereas for kids with speech pathology it plays a crucial role as it serves as a mechanism for correcting the speech sphere, as a trigger for speech. Without achieving an appropriate level of physical development, speech is impossible for children; - Physical development affects speech, including the writing skills: the better the physical development, the higher is the level of speech development; and, vice versa, the worse the physical development indicators, the lower is the level of speech development. The principle of interconnection between physical development and speech can be used in the adaptive physical education regarding different nosology, since the speech function is impaired also along with abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system, mental retardation, impairments of hearing and vision and autism disorders. The developed principle should become a basic for the methods to correct general speech underdevelopment through physical training. Thus, the researchers in the field of philosophy of education, including that of sports, adaptive physical education experts, may find this paper useful.