In order to ensure the accessibility of sports facilities for persons with disabilities and to attract them to physical culture and sports, certain work is being carried out in the region.
The number of disabled people in the region is 67,372, 35,867 of them have no contraindications to sports, the number of people involved in sports is 4,086. 31 sports are cultivated. The national team of the Republic of Kazakhstan includes 92 athletes.
In the region, close work is being carried out with public associations, such as the public charitable foundation "Ray of Hope", the Karaganda Society of the Blind, the Karaganda Society of the Deaf, the Batyl jureq charitable Foundation for special children. Together with public associations, sports events are held aimed at rehabilitation of disabled people by means of the FKiS, involving children and youth in regular physical education classes and introducing them to a healthy lifestyle.
A branch of the NGO "Kazakhstan Special Olympics" is functioning. Regional and republican competitions are held. 2259 children and youth with mental retardation from correctional organizations of the region were involved in this movement, including within the framework of the implementation of the social project "Salamatty Bolashak", 92 children with autism spectrum, mental retardation and cerebral palsy were involved in sports.
A memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Akimat of the Karaganda region and the Public Foundation "World of Equal Opportunities", which provided an opportunity for children with autism spectrum disorder to attend swimming pools and gyms of secondary schools free of charge. Taekwondo, choreography, swimming and bocce sections are open.
In order to implement the program document "Rukhani zhangyru", 7*7 football sports events are held for children with cerebral palsy.
One of the key directions is the organization of mass sports events among people with disabilities in the regions of the region, where 1,827 people with disabilities are involved in sports. Every year, the regional Sports Contest is held among disabled athletes with musculoskeletal system, hearing and vision damage for the prizes of the Akim of the Karaganda region, as well as regional competitions in various sports, in which over 1000 people take part. This year, this Spartakiad is scheduled to be held on May 16-18.
The main task of 2021-2022 is the worthy participation of athletes of our region at International Competitions in order to fulfill and confirm the standard for participation in the Deaflympic Games (Brazil). Participation in the Para-Asian Games to be held in China (Guangzhou). Also, athletes of our region will take part in the World Championships in sports.
In the coming year, the Sports Contest of the Republic of Kazakhstan among athletes with hearing impairment is planned, where the team of the Karaganda region will take part in full strength.
Information on the results of the speeches is posted on the web portal of the UFCS of the Karaganda region, on television programs, as well as in the media.
In order to support the leading athletes, since April 2014, athletes with disabilities have been among the scholarship holders of the Akim of the Karaganda region. To date, 13 people receive a scholarship from the akim of the region.
In addition, within the framework of the state sports order (per capita financing), applications for adaptive taekwondo (with hearing impairment) and chess (with musculoskeletal disorders) were approved, covering 112 children.
A Telegram chat has been created to promptly resolve issues in the field of physical culture.
Since 2003, a school for disabled sports has been operating in the region. The institution cultivates 16 sports. Branches (for powerlifting) have been opened in Temirtau and Zhanarkinsky district (48 people). 450 people with disabilities who do not have contraindications for sports were enrolled (222 of them are children). 22 trainers-teachers work with them.
To expand the geography of the school, an additional 12 full-time units of trainers were allocated to cover (more than 200) children of the Karaganda region for sports.
To date, 10 coaches-teachers have been hired (at 7.5 rates), of which: in Zhezkazgan - 2 coaches (0.5- mini-football, 0.5 - table tennis - 1 part-time), in Satpayev - 1 athletics coach (0.5 rates) and 2 swimming coaches (1 bid). In Abai - 1 swimming coach (1 rate), in Karaganda - 3 swimming coaches (2 – N.Abdirova, 1 – FOK Golovkin), Temirtau – 1 swimming coach (1 rate).
It is also planned to allocate units in Shakhtinsk for swimming (after the opening of the FOCA).
Until May of this year, all 12 bets will be distributed.
As part of the implementation of the state social order, this year 10 coaches will be trained at the Russian Academy of Sports on the course adaptive physical culture, which will make it possible to attract 80 children with autism spectrum disorder and mental disorders to swimming lessons (8 children in Sarani, 16 children in Temirtau, 54 children in Karaganda). Financial resources in the amount of 49 million tenge were allocated. Lists of children with ASD who want to go swimming are collected. A set of trainers willing to participate in this project has been made. At the moment, an agreement has been signed with the winner of the state social order (NGO "Batyl Zhurek").
In addition, an action plan has been approved to ensure accessibility to physical education for people with disabilities for 2021-2023. Work has been established with freelance advisers of the region and the city on issues of people with disabilities, a ZOOM meeting was held with freelance advisers of the regions of the region, where problematic issues were discussed.
Following the results of this meeting, letters were sent to all subordinate institutions on the inventory of sports facilities for the accessibility of buildings and structures for low-mobility groups of the population in order to address the shortcomings in the development of project documentation for the reconstruction of sports buildings and structures to meet the requirements established in the law "On Social Protection of Disabled People".
All state sports facilities have information on free services for disabled people of 1,2 groups and with a 50% discount for disabled people of 3 groups.
Work is underway with the management of private sports facilities to provide sports facilities to people with disabilities. On a gratuitous basis, such sports facilities as the Central Sports Center, the SC "Karat", the swimming pool of the swimming school, the sports hall of school No. 27, the WPC "Rovesnik", the SC "Zhastar" in Temirtau are provided. Also, boarding schools for children with damage to the musculoskeletal system, vision and the Karaganda Society of the Blind provide their premises. All these facilities comply with sanitary and hygienic standards and disabled athletes do not experience difficulties in accessing these facilities.
Sports facilities are being built in the region to meet the needs of people of this category. The existing sports complexes are being adapted for people with disabilities. Out of 68 units of large sports complexes, 15 units are adapted for sports for people with disabilities, which is 22%. In the future, the remaining facilities will be gradually adapted. Also, to date, 13 large sports facilities are being built at the expense of budgetary and extra-budgetary funds, which provide for the installation of ramps, tactile paths and additional devices for people with disabilities. In addition, 595 sports grounds and multifunctional hockey courts are available for this category of persons in the cities and districts of the region.
Work to ensure the accessibility of sports buildings and facilities for people with disabilities continues and is under constant control.