INSIDE project aims to promote social inclusion and empowerment of people with intellectual disabilities (PwID) by enhancing their access and participation to sport activities. A number of EU policies (e.g. European Accessibility Act; 2019) focuses on the actions needed to be taken for the promotion of equal opportunities to people with disabilities. World Health Organization recognizes PwID as an extremely vulnerable population often subjected to discrimination and neglect, calling for further actions. When referring to sport activities, the statistics indicate that PwID are not offered the same opportunities with the general population. In fact, they lack sport opportunities adapted to their level, needs and capabilities organized by specialized trainer.
The partnership highly recognizes the need for offering organized adapted physical activities to PwID in order to promote equal opportunities, social inclusion and empowerment as well as a healthy lifestyle. The project’s goal is twofold: on one hand the creation of materials that will facilitate the access of PwID in sport activities and games and on the other hand the enhancement of professionals’ capacities regarding PwIDs’ empowerment through sports. Therefore, the partnership aims to create an innovative empowering methodology for sports and games (IO1) which will serve as the tool for professionals in order to enhance PwID’s access and participation in sport activities.
Moreover, the creation of an “Easy-to-read” sport and games guide (IO2) will facilitate PwID to increase their autonomy by providing them with a material that will make them able of preparing sport activities and games by themselves. Professionals will have the opportunity to develop their capacities during the capacity building training course (IO3) based on the above materials (IO1, IO2). A web-platform (IO4) will secure the dissemination and exploitation of project’s results and will aim to facilitate PwID to take part in sport activities.
INSIDE project aims to promote social inclusion and empowerment of people with intellectual disabilities (PwID) by enhancing their access and participation to sport activities. A number of EU policies (e.g. European Accessibility Act; 2019) focuses on the actions needed to be taken for the promotion of equal opportunities to people with disabilities. World Health Organization recognizes PwID as an extremely vulnerable population often subjected to discrimination and neglect, calling for further actions. When referring to sport activities, the statistics indicate that PwID are not offered the same opportunities with the general population. In fact, they lack sport opportunities adapted to their level, needs and capabilities organized by specialized trainer.
The partnership highly recognizes the need for offering organized adapted physical activities to PwID in order to promote equal opportunities, social inclusion and empowerment as well as a healthy lifestyle. The project’s goal is twofold: on one hand the creation of materials that will facilitate the access of PwID in sport activities and games and on the other hand the enhancement of professionals’ capacities regarding PwIDs’ empowerment through sports. Therefore, the partnership aims to create an innovative empowering methodology for sports and games (IO1) which will serve as the tool for professionals in order to enhance PwID’s access and participation in sport activities.
Moreover, the creation of an “Easy-to-read” sport and games guide (IO2) will facilitate PwID to increase their autonomy by providing them with a material that will make them able of preparing sport activities and games by themselves. Professionals will have the opportunity to develop their capacities during the capacity building training course (IO3) based on the above materials (IO1, IO2). A web-platform (IO4) will secure the dissemination and exploitation of project’s results and will aim to facilitate PwID to take part in sport activities.