Active Living and Disability
Physical activity, exercise and sport is for everyone, and having a disability should not prevent anyone from taking part in physical activity, exercise or sport.
Physical activity, exercise and sport is for everyone, and having a disability should not prevent anyone from taking part in physical activity, exercise or sport.
Learning Disabilities
People with learning disabilities are catered for by Special Olympics Ireland. Special Olympics Ireland offers a year round sports training programme for everyone with a learning disability. A variety of sports are on offer through Special Olympics. For further details, contact Special Olympics on 01 8823972, info@specialolympics.ie or at www.specialolympics.ie
Physical Disabilities
People with physical disabilities are catered for by the Irish Wheelchair Association Sport (iwasport) - iwasport caters for the needs of people with a variety of physical impairments such as:
- Amputees
- Cerebral palsy
- Les autres
- Others with congenital conditions
- Others with conditions contracted through accidental trauma
- Persons with restricted growth
- Spinal injuries (e.g. paraplegia, quadriplegia, spina bifida)
iwasport promotes sport and recreation through clubs, iwa resource centres and schools. The service also supports high performance athletes in reaching their full potential at both National and International standards. Our high performance athletes represent Ireland at European Championships, World Championships and the Paralympic Games. iwasport trains coaches, leaders and volunteers, and works in conjunction with the Coaching Ireland in developing coaching modules for people with a disability. Our aim is for those modules to be part of mainstream sports coaching manuals. A variety of sports are on offer through iwasport.
For further details, contact IWA Sport on 01 8186400, info@iwasport.com or at www.iwasport.com
Cerebral Palsy Sport Ireland was founded in 1978 to offer sporting and recreational opportunities to individuals with cerebral palsy and other physical disabilities. Since those early days the association has grown and today Irish Athletes with cerebral palsy compete in five sporting disciplines in local, national and international levels of competition. Cerebral Palsy Sport Ireland (CPSI) is now the officially recognised National Governing Body in Ireland for people with Cerebral Palsy.
The disciplines include Boccia ( a game which is very similar to Bowls), Athletics, which covers a wide variety of both track and field events, Soccer , Swimming and Cycling.
For further details, contact CPSI on 01 6251100, info@cpsi.ie or check out the website www.cpsi.ie.
People with sensory disabilities are catered for by either Irish Blind Sports (IBS) or Irish Deaf Sports (IDS).
Founded in 1989, Irish Blind Sportscaters for the competitive and recreational needs of its members, who participate at all levels from have a go days to elite Paralympic competition. IBS offers many different sporting activities from athletics to judo, water skiing to football, swimming to tandem cycling and tenpin bowling; as well as the more sedate activities of chess and walking.
For further details contact IBS on 01 8436501 or info@ibsports.ie and the website details are http://www.ibsports.ie/index.html
Irish Deaf Sports can be contacted byinfo@deafsports.com or www.irishdeafsports.com