Arthur and Finch (1999) found that a lack of information held by people with a disability led to low awareness of the sorts of possible sporting activities and appropriate sport facilities. Company Registration No: 4964706. The results showed that the participants reported 178 barriers and 130 facilitators. (DDA, 2005). Viva believe that by giving young people the same chances as their peers, people can learn and work together to meet the challenges we face in life.RCT Tigers FC is a pan disability football club for young children in the Rhondda Cynon Taff Area which was set up in January 2008. This scheme is open to people aged between 16 and 25, with an upper age limit of 35 for people with a disablity. This is also true for those individuals who have a disability or long term health condition. In addition, sports and disability as portrayed by the media often still broadcast existing stereotypes that erect social barriers for the disabled, in the area of social perception (Barton, 2001)Sports for the disabled still remain an understudied area and should be improved greatly if it is to develop. VAT Registration No: 842417633. Disability Discrimination in Sports . Parasport is ran by the BPA. Parasport aims to improve the identification of sports people and aims to support them at a community level.
During the study many questions were asked to the participants were and asked to answer for a range of information, and were then asked to specify which physical activities they participate in.
They produced a Taking part and active people survey which showed that 8.8 – 9.5% disabled adults participated in regular moderate activity (Sport England, 2006; DCMS, 2007). (DDA, 2005).For people with a disability, accessing sporting activities can be difficult as there may not be many facilities to provide for them.
The subjects were asked to provide the reasons preventing their contribution to exercise. It is also important to develop new initiatives as well as making the existing organisations more accessible by better information and promotion.With the development of initiatives, disability in sport can develop and give opportunity to people where participation would be difficult and inaccessible (Yuen et al, 2007).In conclusion I feel that physical activity and sports participation can improve a disabled persons health and well-being. Each group has a distinct history, organization, competition program, and approach to sport.The number of people with disabilities involved in sport and physical recreation is steadily increasing around the world with organized sports for athletes with disabilities divided into three main disability groups;From the late 1980s, organizations began to include athletes with disabilities in sporting events such as the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games. The Disability Sport Wales National Community Development Programme is an initiative set up in conjunction with the Sports Council for Wales, the Federation of Disability Sport Wales and 22 local authorities across Wales. Wheelchair Rugby— a full contact indoor team sport conducted for players with disabilities. Arthur and Finch (1999) found a correlation between the negative and conventional attitudes of other sport centre users. This scheme aims to give children an opportunity to participate in sporting activities. Regular exercise and inclusion in sports by disabled people is as important as it is for their active counterparts.
Not having someone to go with to the gym or sporting facility is another barrier (DePauw and Gavron, 2005). A development for disability in sport is needed because there are people who cannot participate in sport because of reasons beyond their own control. This should include participation with able bodied participants also. Major barriers to young disabled people include language conception which is vital for following commands, and physical disabilities, which have an effect on their capability to carry out motor skills (Gatward and Burrell, 2002; Gordon and Williams, 2003).These limits can have an effect on their motivation and add to restricted opportunities for regular involvement in movement, physical activity and sports, which consecutively affects their capability to develop and progress in life.Finch et al (2001) set out to perceive the consequences of the barriers linked with disability and how it affects their levels of exercise. Also the sports that they are able to access may not be suitable for them to be included therefore adaptations must be made to the sports to give them the opportunity to participate (Jette, 2003).