BUS Project
Disability is a part of human life-condition. Potentially, almost everyone may be temporarily or permanently impaired at some point in life, and people who can survive to old age experience various disabilities in their daily body functions.Around the world, it is estimated that more than 650 million people have some forms of disability. Among them, 220 million are young, whose ages are between 15 and 24. In Europe, there are more than 80 million people suffer from disability and 23 million of them are young.
In all societies, persons with disabilities (PWD) often face physical and societal barriers and their disability evokes negative perception and discrimination. As a result of negative stigma regarding their disability, persons with disabilities experience restricted mobility more beyond their disability and thus they have become passive and inactive within social life. Inevitably, persons with disabilities are excluded from education and employment as well as social life which constitutes a big social problem in all countries.
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This project promotes social inclusion through sports activities for these crucial social problems. The focus of the project is on young persons with disabilities, whose ages are between 15 and 24, constitute ten percent of European young population.
The main focus of the project is not only on supporting the participation of young persons with disabilities into social-life, but also on fostering independence of young persons with disabilities by enhancing the awareness of non-PWD member of society about being disable. Therefore, this project directly promotes youth empowerment by addressing autonomy and freedom of young persons with disabilitiesin social life and proposes a practical tool aimed at combating social exclusion.
Target Group
- Young Persons with Disabilities;
- Health Authorities and other relevant authorities
- Policy Makers;
- Civil Society;
- European Union İnternational Networks.
Aim
Persons with disabilities (PWD) experience restricted mobility more beyond their disability and thus they have become passive and inactive within social life. Inevitably, young PWD are excluded from education and employment as well as social life which constitutes a big social problem in all countries. This project aims to propose a partial solution to this crucial social problem; its aim is to promote social inclusion of young PWD and reduce discrimination against yPWD.
Objectives
- The objective of the project is to “easy integration of persons with disabilities into society. This will be realized by;
- Encourage yPWD to participate to the sport activities,
- Promoting sports performance which is good for yPWD during development and maturation period,
- Enhancing the competences of doctors coaches, physiotherapists, and personal trainers,
- Raising awareness on the role of sport in promoting inclusive societies,
- Reduce persons with disabilities’ physical and social barriers and people’s negative perception and discrimination.
- Some recommendations for government to integrate yPWD to social life with municipalities providing the necessary facilities.
Professional Support
- Researching and deciding which sport is the most appropriate and most beneficial for each disability with professionals,
- Continuous professional support within application or face to face
