Disability/Participation in Cultural Life, Recreation, Leisure and Sport

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ActiveSG is promoting disability sports. Various sports have been adapted for them. In Singapore, the range of sports for people with disabilities includes handcyling, swimming, table tennis and boccia, a ball game that can be played by wheelchair-users with motor-skill impairment (ST 27 Sep 2016)

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Out of 20 special schools, 17 have included sport as part of their curriculum for student participation and rehabilitation .	Sports take-up rate among people with disabilities remains low, though they stand to benefit more than able-bodied people by being active. Reasons why people with disabilities may shun sports: Difficulty in getting transport to the sports facilities. Cost of specialised equipment and transporting them. Struggles with the basics of daily life that push the thought of exercise into the background. Depending on volunteers to help out, such as transferring the person with disability from a normal wheelchair to a racing wheelchair. A tendency to withdraw from society and an unwillingness to leave the house for various reasons. Logistics. For instance, when a wheelchair racer travels overseas for races, he has to take along a special racing wheelchair, a regular wheelchair for moving around and a commode chair. There may also be psychological factors such as confidence, self image issues and a self-perceived inability to do sports.
In 2015, only about one-third of PwDs in Singapore participated in sports on a regular basis (at least once a week)	Disabled people face lack of opportunities to prove themselves - being overprotective over them could limit their exposure, hindering their ability to lead a fulfilling and independent life.