Futsal for the blind: a new opportunity for Hungarian people with visual impairments to get engaged in physical activity

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2013-03-31
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The proportion of Hungarian citizens involved in regular physical activity is extremely low and rates are even lower amongst people with disabilities. It is, however, undoubtedly easier to stimulate physical activity if a wide variety of different sports is accessible for them. Blind futsal was introduced by an NGO, Sports and Leisure Association for the Visually Impaired and it has been played in Hungary for only a year. The present work, by introducing this special sport through document analysis and semi-structured interviews, aims at calling sport professionals’ attention to the unexploited opportunities of adapting sports to blind people’s special needs. The author also wishes to highlight the power of a civil initiative and the inmense effort people with visual impairments themselves make for improving their own sporting opportunities.  

Leírás
Kulcsszavak
disability, social inclusion, adapted sport, football
Forrás
Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2013) , 37-41