Youth with disabilities and leisure time: are culture and sports accessible?
Today is the International Day of Disabled Persons. The United Nations’ focus on mainstreaming persons with disabilities is quite prominent in the last years. One of the steps of substantial value in this regard is the UN Disability Inclusion Strategy, initiated in 2019. According to the World Health Organization, the number of persons with…, What is recreation and leisure time?, Leisure time activities can be associated with fitness, gardening, attending cultural events (Mansfield L. 2020). Recreation is an action which we don’t “have to do” but we extract pleasure from it. Currently, young people value recreation which can also be done alone. But these are areas of recreation which are inaccessible for a lot of young…, Youth with disabilities and cultural events, Infrastructure and architectural features are of greatest importance for people with disabilities. When we talk about public buildings, we usually focus on the steepness and width of the ramps, the lifts and the accessibility of toilets. But when it comes to theaters, cinemas, concert halls, stadiums, youth and culture centers, we have to consider…, Participation in sports and entertainment, The second part of the CRPD priority we are focused on is participating in recreation. In the case of a young blind person in a night club we have the problem of the very loud sound attacking the hearing (which is the main sensory channel for that person). The feeling is the same as being constantly dazzled by headlights. And because this is a…, The COVID-19 effect, COVID-19 is a reason to have larger amounts of formats and experiences online. If we take a look at the cases we made above, we will find that the architectural limits, the noise levels and the fast stream of information are not a problem now. The young wheelchair users can perform or attend any event with much less planning, tension and efforts.…, Recreation and leisure time activities in a post-COVID world, After COVID-19 we will inevitably get back to a lot of physical events. We can further invest in the accessibility of our parks, cultural institutions, sport sites and shopping centers. We can make long and tiring campaigns about the need for the same internet games for young people with and without disabilities, so that they can actually play…
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