Explain the strategies to make physical activities accessible for children with special needs?
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Long Answer
- Pre Activity medical check-up: To know about the disability, medical aid must be available for that disability at the time of exercise.
- Previous experience: Previous experience of participation in the physical activities should be considered at the time of selection of sports activities.
- Interest: Selected physical activities can be accessible if it is according to the interest of the person having a disability.
- Capability: The selected physical activities must be according to the capability of the person with a disability.
- Modified equipment: As per the capability of the person with disability equipment must be modified so they can be used easily.
- Suitable Environment: At the time of play environment must be pleasant. All kinds of facilities must be available such as proper lightening, proper ground, proper marking etc.
- Variety of Instruction: Instruction used during the exercise must be according to the nature of disability for example for the person with hearing impairment visual instructions should be used.
- Modified Rules: Rules of the sports for the exercises must be modified according to the capability of the person with a disability.
- Simple to complex: When preparing the activity schedule for a person with disability principle of simple to complex must be followed in starting we should take easy exercise then we should progressively increase
the degree of blood.
- Involvement of various body parts: Inactivity plan for a person with a disability the selection of activities should be in such a way that involvement of maximum body parts is done.
- Extra care: Extra care should be taken to avoid any accident during the exercise.