Physical Recreation of People with Disabilities – Inhabitants of the Poznań Metropolis. Selected Study

Journal Title: Studia Periegetica - Year 2017, Vol 20, Issue 4

Abstract

Presented results are part of a broader study on the metropolitan region as the space of recreational penetration. It employed diagnostic survey and the tool used was the questionnaire prepared by the authors. The purpose of the following paper is to characterize selected aspects of physical recreation only of inhabitants with disabilities of the Poznań metropolis. It presents below only the results concerning the basic information of physical recreation of this social group, without the analysis of the conditionality of the participations in this kind of leisure time activities. The study results indicate that the participation of people with disabilities in physical recreation near and away from their place of residence is low. Respondents prefer weekend activity near their place of residence and the forms of recreation are not very diverse. They usually use small recreation and sports facilities or they use outdoor infrastructure. Enhanced involvement of people with disabilities in physical recreation together with personalized, adjusted to a given dysfunction offer is required.

Authors and Affiliations

Joanna Łuczak, Michał Preisler

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Joanna Łuczak, Michał Preisler (2017). Physical Recreation of People with Disabilities – Inhabitants of the Poznań Metropolis. Selected Study. Studia Periegetica, 20(4), 65-85. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-266997