Recreational activities adaptation for people with physical disabilities in the Kaunas city pools

Object: recreational activities adaptation. Purpose: find out recreational activities for people with physical disabilities in the Kaunas city pools. Problem: or recreational activities are adapted for people with physical disabilities in the Kaunas city pools? Tasks: 1. Discuss the key legal documents and regulations governing recreational activities for people with physical disabilities. 2. To analyze the concept of disability and recreational activities adaptation components for people with physical disabilities. 3. To review recreational activities customization features and opportunities for people with physical disabilities. 4. Identify recreational activities for people with physical disabilities in the Kaunas city pools. Conclusions: 1. Lithuania and the European Union legal acts and normative documents defines the rights of persons with disabilities and duties, encourages states to change attitudes towards people with disabilities and to integrate them into society as equal members. This leads to a growing self-confidence of people with disabilities, suggests that they are useful to the public and to realize their potential in various areas of life, as well as recreational activities. 2. Disability - a person's body structure and dysfunction and adverse environmental factors caused long-term health deterioration, participation and performance opportunities for reduction. Taking into account the needs of the disabled medical model was replaced by the psycho-social model, the essence of which is to encourage the disabled to be an active creator of your life and a full-fledged member of society. According to the scientific literature were reviewed recreational activities components of environmental adaptation, persons with disabilities working skills and attitudes in society towards disability. It is also important to the disabled and the willingness to participate in various recreational activities. Disability - a social problem, a message of responsibility to the public to accommodate a disabled person's needs. 3. Recreation - physical and spiritual strength recovery. Recreational activities for disabled persons is one of the most important factors in their quality of life and personal development. Disabled can adjust all the recreational activities according to their specific needs. The adoption of a National Disability Strategy 2010 - 2020 m. program made clear that people with disabilities in the community should have equal opportunities to integrate social, economic, sporting and cultural life. This program - the disabled hopes and expectations of fulfillment program. 4. The qualitative study revealed that the city of Kaunas pool service companies are not fully adapted for people with physical disabilities. According to one of the most important documents - Construction Law, which must be complied with in the design of new and reconstruction of old buildings, it was found that only one of the four company after reconstruction is fully adapted for people with physical disabilities. Recreational activities adaptation depends on a variety of aspects, from financing, project design and legal acts of state approach for infrastructure adaptability, employee excellence and a desire to help the disabled, as well as from each of us - the member of the public