Actors in the fight against exclusion due to disability gathered this Tuesday, May 21 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze

Vincent Poutier secrétaire de l’Office des sports. – Midi Libre

Une conférence consacrée à la pratique du sport par les publics en situation de handicap se tient mardi 21 mai 2024, à 18 heures salle Grenadier à l’Office des entreprises à Bagnols-sur-Cèze.

Disability and sporting activity are not necessarily incompatible. There is no need to be called Philippe Croizon to force his sporting destiny even while being amputated of all four limbs. hope for people with disabilities and who dream of inclusion.

"We're in the news"

A conference devoted to the subject is being held on Tuesday May 21, 2024, at 6 p.m. in the Grenadier room at the Business Office in Bagnols-sur-Cèze. The theme concerns the journey towards an inclusive practice of Sport and disability. "We are very much in the news at the moment with the arrival of the Olympic and Paralympic Games" underlines the secretary of the Sports Office in charge of the development of the Maison Sport Santé Vincent Poutier.

Disabled sports activities

How to ensure that people with physical or mental disabilities are welcomed into sports clubs? Some structures offer a disabled sports activity. This is the case with canoeing. There is also the Ski club "which is interested" indicates Vincent Poutier, as well as the Sport Boules "who wants to come". Around ten associations responded favorably to the invitation this Tuesday evening. "These are clubs that have real values ​​in supporting people in difficulty and especially who are today faced with situations for which they have difficulty imagining solutions& quot; concludes the secretary of the Sports Office.

Important observations

More and more sports federations are putting in place systems or actions to integrate disabilities. Certain observations are necessary "however" can we qualify For Vincent Poutier, "Not all disabilities allow access to all sports practices. Generally speaking, the town of Bagnols-sur-Cèze is well equipped with collective sports facilities. On the other hand, we can always do better in terms of individual support so that users subject to certain forms of disability can practice their favorite sport."

A help system

Certain structures such as Adapted Sport or Handisport provide electric bikes to disabled people. This Tuesday evening's conference aims to present to associations these structures and their prerogatives, which they are often unaware of. The meeting will begin with a presentation session of the Sports Office, the Maison sport santé but also the Departmental Adapted Sports Committee of Gard. It will also present its support system for sporting inclusion. In this regard, the conference on Tuesday, May 21 is the perfect opportunity to build bridges between different actors in the fight against exclusion due to disability

“Get out of the box”

He is a sports instructor at the Bassin Bagnolais Sport Adapté; alongside his colleague Sylvie Morel and the three volunteers who support them. Gilles Fernandez believes "that we should not compartmentalize people with disabilities into a straightjacket where they would live with people who have the same pathology as them without ever opening up to the outside world. It would be dramatic, he concludes. "What is the difference between disabled sport and adapted sport?  ? Do you know that there are going to be Paralympic Games soon ?" asks the  ;rsquo;éBBSA educator. "In general they always take place two to a week. three weeks after the regular Olympic Games. And then, there are the Global Games for athletes with mental disabilities. They took place in France a year ago. The Olympic mention does not appear in this category of games." This shows that the path to inclusion through practice remains long for people affected by certain categories of disability.