Προώθηση του αθλητισμού και της φυσικής δραστηριότητας σε άτομα με αναπηρία στην Ελλάδα

Abstract

The benefits of engaging people with disabilities in sports are multiple and have a positive effect on both the mental, physical and social levels. People with disabilities tend to isolate themselves, not participate in sports resulting in serious effects on their health (obesity, chronic diseases, depression, etc.). The purpose of this literature study is to explore the benefits of sports for people with disabilities, to report the codes of communication towards these people, to encourage, especially the younger age of people with disabilities, to improve their physical condition and at the same time to mention the role the promotion of sport as a science through communication. The aim, however, is to record that people with disabilities have the same rights as anyone else, in dignity, independence, full social participation and participation in sporting activities. Physical activity takes many forms: physical education, motor recreation, sports and championships and is a meeting place for individuals regardless of ethnic, racial or other individual differences and a way of coexistence of all these people. Teaching and practicing new and alternative motor and sports activities allow the athlete to explore new possibilities and personal skills and interests that provide him with new challenges and opportunities for success, thus providing him with incentives to participate and improve. Taking into account the above, we can say that sport is directly related to the need of man to strive to overcome himself and his difficulties and to be recognized through his own participation. Sport for people with disabilities is not only joy, fun, and exercise, but a painful and long-term process that contributes to recovery, but especially to the individual's independence and reintegration into society.