Naslov
Sporting events and participation motivation for children with disabilities

Autori
Komar, Tibor

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
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Skup
Sport as a Medium for Social Inclusion and Participation

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 29.09.2022. - 30.09.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
sporting events ; integration ; inclusion ; children with disabilities

Sažetak
One of the main aims of the CSF’s INTEGRA project is the contribution to models of improvement of inclusion by using sport as a vehicle of social cohesion. When children with various developmental disabilities are concerned, the fieldwork was mostly conducted by the methods of qualitative research and interviews with people involved in the work of associations and institutions concerned with the provision of equal opportunities for these children. The first results point out that inclusion opportunities are usually envisioned to provide children with disabilities a chance and motivation to compete with an aim of reaping all benefits of sport. In this presentation, by looking at two sporting events which could easily be described as examples of good practices it will be described how some of these initial aims could be achieved. The first event is European Youth Games for the Disabled which are held annually in Brno, Czech Republic, in 2022 hosting almost 1000 participants from 15 European countries, competing in five sports. Another event is from Crikvenica, Croatia where every year a children’s football tournament is organized by the local NGOs with the aim of offering public a better understanding of the concept of inclusion of socially vulnerable groups.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Etnologija i antropologija

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