Question 15089 — people with disabilities

Summary

Mr. Julien Guibert draws the attention of the Minister of Sports, Youth and Community Life to the consequences of the development of inclusion policies in sport on the balance and sustainability of disabled sports in France. Following the dynamic driven in particular by the Paralympic Games and public policies in favor of inclusion, more and more so-called “able-bodied” sports clubs are developing sections or reception facilities for people with disabilities. This development responds to a legitimate aspiration for a shared and decompartmentalized sporting practice. However, specialized federations, in particular the French Handisport Federation and the French Adapted Sports Federation, are warning of the collateral effects of this transformation. According to their feedback from the field, a growing proportion of practitioners are turning to general clubs offering an inclusive offer, to the detriment of clubs historically dedicated to disabled sports. As an indication, the French Disability Sports Federation brings together around 35,000 licensees and more than 1,400 clubs, while the French Adapted Sports Federation has nearly 65,000. However, several local structures report a drop in their numbers or a slowdown in their progress. This development, although understandable, raises major issues. On the one hand, specialized clubs have specific technical, medical and educational expertise, built over several decades, which cannot be immediately reproduced in generalist structures. On the other hand, these clubs play an essential role in welcoming audiences furthest from sporting activity, in particular people with severe disabilities or requiring increased support. Furthermore, this phenomenon weakens the economic model of disabled sports associations, the balance of which is partly based on the number of licensees, the associated subsidies and the institutional recognition of their role. Ultimately, it is the very structure of the disabled sports movement that could be called into question, with a risk of dilution of skills and increased inequalities in the quality of the proposed framework. Several reports and contributions from the sports movement have already highlighted the need to better articulate the logic of inclusion and specialization, in order to avoid a counterproductive opposition between these two yet complementary approaches. In this context, he asks her what measures she intends to take to guarantee balanced development of inclusive sport, preserve and promote the role of disabled sports federations and clubs, secure their funding and ensure that all people with disabilities have access to sports adapted to the diversity of their needs.

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