Sport As A Means Of Social Rehabilitation Of People With Disabilities

Disability is a serious social phenomenon inherent in any society. Disabled people in the world are about 15% of the population. At the same time, the prevalence of disability grows largely in connection with the aging of the population and the growing burden of chronic health disorders. To curb the spread of disability and improve the effectiveness of rehabilitation of disabled people is possible through the wide involvement of the population, and especially disabled people, in sports. In this regard, it seemed important to identify the problems faced by athletes and their coaches, the degree of satisfaction of athletes in the quality of employment in the sports club and to find out their motives for sports. One of the most common categories of people with disabilities is people with severe injuries of the musculoskeletal system. They very often experience an acute need for sports. The main motives for sports activities are the realization of the need for communication, new impressions and socialization. Currently, athletes with disabilities experience difficulties, which, among other things, are associated with a social environment that is not adapted to the needs of the disabled. Adaptive sports allow disabled people with musculoskeletal injuries to correct motor functions, satisfy the need of people with locomotor defect in communication, positive emotions, vivid impressions. Participation in mass and socially significant events allows people with disabilities to feel their importance and need for society. In this regard, adaptive sports should be regarded as an effective means of social rehabilitation of athletes, including with severe injuries of the musculoskeletal system.