Advocating sport for persons with a disability

The following materials from the website from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) were developed by experts to assist in advocating for sport for persons with a disability:

• The Paralympics: Promoting Health and Human Rights through Sport. This paper outlines the ways in which the Paralympic Movement can promote the concepts of health and human rights for athletes with a disability. Short version ( pdf). Long version ( pdf).
• Position statement of IPC on Human Rights ( pdf)
• Disability Rights Toolkit ( pdf)
• Athlete Toolkit ( pdf)

Generic tools

For sport development workers active in issues related to disabled, a number of generic tools are available for project management, programme management, organisational strengthening and capacity building (see also Tools and tips section).

Below, we list a number of tools that help to set up a coherent sport development initiative. One of the main tools for project and programme formulation is worked out as an example for sport and disability.

Logical Framework

This tool provides an excellent framework to distinguish the hierarchy of objectives for a sport and development initiative and formulating a project or programme

Problem tree analysis

This is a helpful tool especially to create logical causal relation between issues linking disability and sport initiatives. From the problem tree analysis a logical framework for disability and sport projects or programmes can be formulated

Institutional programme

This tool is particularly helpful in combination with the coverage matrix to determine who is doing what in the sector and with whom can we possible collaborate in sport and disability initiatives.

Capacity

In order to define the capacity of organisations and people to carry out specific projects programmes or activities, two other tools are quite helpful:

• organisation assessment assists to look at capacities of organisations
• training needs assessment helps to identify the capabilities of the own human resources

Moreover, when you go to the section best practices, you will find a number of specific examples on sport and disability introduced. They may not provide a receipt, but at least ample inspiration to develop sports initiatives for (the social integration of) the physically challenged.

Football with crutches, Angola © Handicap International, Brussels, Belgium

Handbook Fun Inclusive

See also the special section about this valuable Handbook, credits for this instrument which is built on experiences: Handicap International e.V. (Stefanie Ziegler); gtz ? Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH (Hubert Hartmann), Medico International (Dieter Müller); authors: Jenny Ikelberg, Irmtraud Lechner, Stefanie Ziegler, Mareile Zöllner.

• Total handbook ( pdf)

Main objective

The main objective of this handbook is to provide some general and very basic guidelines for the implementation of sports and games as means of rehabilitation and integration for children and young people with disabilities. The handbook intends to inspire and motivate institutions, organisations, trainers, physio therapists, teachers and especially young people and children to come together and practice sport. It builds on the experiences from the workshops in Angola and Cambodia, which tested twelve selected games and activities within the project described above. This manual should be shared with anyone interested in organising sports activities for children and young people with and without disabilities.