II Parainclusive Games of the Community of Madrid

Sports meeting for people with and without disabilities

Holding the I Parainclusive Games of the Community of Madrid, that took place in September 2018, reflected the high interest of the Regional Government in extending sport to people with disabilities, constituting the best showcase for the approved Plan for the Promotion of Physical Activity and Inclusive Sport Community of Madrid. A total of 900 athletes participated in this event in 22 adapted modalities.

Presentation

In this second edition of the Games it is intended to reach the figure of 1.000 participants, between athletes with and without disabilities, who will participate in 21 adapted sports modalities. Like the previous edition, where individual athletes and teams with disabilities belonging to various clubs from other communities were invited, in this edition the objective is to reinforce said participation in all individual modalities of athletes with disabilities.

In addition, there will also be the participation of the different Madrid sports federations of the sports that make up the games, as well as other associations and clubs for people with disabilities.

Competition and testing schedule

VIERNES 20 Saturday 21 DOMINGO 22

DEHESA DE NAVALCARBÓN MUNICIPAL SPORTS CENTER

From 17:30 p.m. to 21 p.m., which will take place the official opening of the Games. Various competitions will be held on the facility's sports courts.

17:30 Electric chair hockey (Sports Center)

18.00 Tennis (Tennis Courts)

17.30 Archery (Soccer field)

19.30 Soccer 7 (Soccer fields)

19:00 Chair Basketball (Sports Center)

21.00 INAUGURATION (Athletics track)

DEHESA DE NAVALCARBÓN MUNICIPAL SPORTS CENTER

From 9 a.m. to 22 p.m. different sports competitions will be held simultaneously in each of the facilities of this sports center.

9.00 Duathlon (Athletics Track)

10.30 Chess (Multipurpose room)

10.00 Judo (Sports Center)

10.00 Karate (Sports Center)

10.00 Tennis (Tennis Courts)

11.00 Canoeing (Water Channel)

11.00 Swimming (Pool)

11.30 Soccer 7 (Soccer fields)

12.30 Triple Tournament (Sports Center)

14.00 Goalball (Sports Center)

16.00 Basketball (Sports Center)

16.30 Chess (Multipurpose room)

16.30 Basketball (Sports Center)

17.00 Athletics (Athletics track)

17.30 Soccer 7 (Soccer fields)

DEHESA DE NAVALCARBÓN MUNICIPAL SPORTS CENTER

Between 9 a.m. and 14.30:XNUMX p.m., spectators will be able to witness the finals of different modalities, as well as the incorporation of new ones that either did not have a place in the previous edition, or are incorporated experimentally in this one.

9.00 Cycling (Urban Circuit)

9.00 Table tennis (Sports Center)

9.30 Boccia (Sports Center)

10.00 Padel (Paddle tennis court)

10.00 Pickleball (Tennis Courts)

12.30 Badminton (Sports Center)

sports modalities

For this second edition have been selected 21 sports, some in adapted format such as Wheelchair Basketball, other more specific ones such as goalball or the boccia and the rest in inclusive competitions designed to meet another of the project's priority objectives: to promote the image of sport among the people of Madrid as a priority element of social transformation over disability.

The modalities in which you can participate are:

JJPP FOOTBALL - Chess
- Athletics
- badminton
- Basketball
- Wheelchair basketball
-boccia
- Cycling
- Football 5
- Football 7
- Indoor football
-Goalball
- Electric wheelchair hockey
- Judo
- karate
- Paddle
- Canoeing
- Pickleball
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Table tennis
- Duathlon

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Participants

There will be the participation of many athletes with and without disabilities from the Community of Madrid. Athletes from the rest of Spain will also attend the event, some of them national and international medalists, who under equal conditions will try to achieve victory in one of the competitions included in the Games programme.

The Games and the Plan for the Promotion of Physical Activity and Inclusive Sport

These II Parainclusive Games involve the staging of the competition model included in the Plan for the Promotion of Physical Activity and Inclusive Sport of the Community of Madrid. In this, it is specified that the competition groups different inclusive, adapted and specific modalities. Below is an extract of the essential contents of the Plan:

Why?

People with disabilities have problems of access and follow-up of a healthy physical-sports activity practice, because they suffer an "exclusion" derived fundamentally from two circumstances:

a) The limiting condition of the social environment towards the person with disability, without taking into account their own opinion.

b) The accentuation of the disability above the rest of the capacities.

The implementation of this Plan is based on three unquestionable principles:

a) The inexcusable obligation of public administrations to favor the practice of sports by people with disabilities

b) The institutional responsibility to promote access to this right, since physical activity and sport are considered fundamental elements of people's quality of life.

c) The firm belief that inclusion in close environments should be considered as the only way to care for and promote the comprehensive development of people with disabilities.

How?

Who?

The census of people with disabilities in the Community of Madrid (2015 data, considering a disability equal to or greater than 33%) establishes that a total of:

- People with physical disabilities: 194.200.

- People with mental disabilities: 78.323.

- People with sensory disabilities (auditory and visual): 49.804.

In total there are 322.327 people, which represents approximately 5% of the population. These data refer to people with a "certificate of disability" (with a percentage greater than or equal to 33%), to which must be added another group of people who, without reaching such percentages for official recognition of disability, have functional disability This group, much more difficult to quantify, must also be taken into account when implementing the Plan.

What is the strategy?

When?

Already. We can list some examples:

Stimulate the practice of physical activity and sports among people with disabilities with programs of the Community of Madrid and accessible facilities. Since June 2017.
Create a Regional Observatory on Adapted and Inclusive Physical Activity of the Community of Madrid. Since January 2019.
Create awareness programs aimed at schoolchildren in the Community of Madrid about adapted and inclusive sport developed by the Madrid Federations. From the 2018/19 academic year.
Create a category within 7 Sports Stars Awards in which athletes with disabilities or inclusive sports teams are recognized. Call for the Seven Stars of Sports Awards 2018.

Training sessions

INCLUSIVE SPORTS DAY, A RESPONSE TO DIVERSITY

ICON CONGRESS TRAINING ACTIONS

At the Conference "Inclusive sport, a response to diversity", which takes place on Saturday, September 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 14:XNUMX p.m., will analyze the present and future of the integration of people with disabilities in sports, from the perspective of inclusion.

This Conference, in line with the general objectives set out in the Plan for the Promotion of Physical Activity and Inclusive Sport of the Community of Madrid, is part of the activities scheduled in parallel to the second edition of the Parainclusive Games of the Community of Madrid.

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Venue

Dehesa de Navalcarbón Municipal Sports Center

Location

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