Inclusion of people with disabilities through sport
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Former F1 driver Alex Zanardi, during the 23rd Rome marathon in the disabled category, April 2, 2017. AFP / Archives
By: Emmanuelle Bastide
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Athletics, blind football, goalball, wheelchair basketball ... are some of the sports disciplines practiced at the Paralympic Games which brought together more than 4,300 athletes, during the last Rio Games in Brazil in 2016.
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High-level sport is no longer reserved for able-bodied people, but beyond the showcase of these international events, can sport at all ages and all levels be a factor of inclusion for people with disabilities?
How to develop suitable infrastructures?
How to improve the visibility of disabled sports?
From May 17 to 23, 2021, the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (CSA), in partnership with the French government and the French Paralympic and Sports Committee (CPSF) are organizing the “Let's play together” operation to promote the visibility of parasport.
With :
-
Laetitia Bernard
, journalist at Radio France and French champion in disabled sports show jumping.
Author of
My life is a team sport
(Stock)
-
Camille Guillou,
member of
the Finistère Departmental Committee of the French Handisport Federation
- Abdel Rahman Ouorou Barè
, President of
the National Paralympic Committee of Benin
.
Member of the Benin wheelchair basketball team.
From August 7 to 8, 2021
, Abdel Rahman Ouorou Barè will participate in the international tournament, organized by the
Children of Benin upright association
, with the Benin national wheelchair basketball team.
Musical programming:
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Disabled
- L'Originale K
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Attaa Adwoa
- Bosom P Young
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