Sports organization for the Disabled in Greece
Journal Title: Choregia - Year 2007, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
According to the World Health Organisation, disability is characterized as a disadvantage that afflicts an individual and which emanates from bodily, mental or functional dysfunction. This disadvantage may limit or even prevent the individual from fulfilling a physiologic role with regard to age, sex, or the social and cultural elements (DePauw and Gavron, 1995). The disabilities are divided into three main categories (Bleck and Nagel, 1982), namely bodily disabilities, intellectual disabilities and those that affect the senses. Disabilities as a result of dysfunction, injury or damage to the central or peripheral nervous system, disabilities as a result of orthopaedic problems, and finally disabilities brought about as a result of amputations, and disproportion in growth belong to the first category. Down syndrome and cognitive difficulties such as autism, split attention, and hyperactive syndrome belong to the second category (Stergioulas, 2005). Disturbances of hearing, deafness or impaired hearing, and blindness and seriously impaired sight belong to the third and final category (Salter, 1984; Dunn and Fait, 1989). Cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis are disabilities which are caused by damage to the CNS/peripheral NS and the skeleton (Salter, 1984). Disabilities that are brought about by damage of peripheral NS and skeleton include injuries in the spinal cord, meningocele and myelomeningocele (Pariorek and Jones, 1995). Certain orthopaedics problems that limit the ability to walk such as dislocation of the hip, osteomyelitis, poliomyelitis, epiphysiolysis, juvenile arthritis, osteochondritis and amputation of the lower limbs also exist (Dunn and Fait, 1989).
Authors and Affiliations
Apostolos Stergioulas| Department of Sport Management, University of Peloponnese, Alexandra Tripolitsioti| Department of Sport Management, University of Peloponnese
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- EP ID EP12542
- DOI http:dx.doi.org/10.4127/ch.2007.3.2.51-56
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