Policy on sport for persons with a disability : Politique sur le sport pour les personnes ayant un handicap

The Policy builds on the commitments made under the Canadian Sport Policy and the Physical 2.0 SCOPE Activity and Sport Act to foster the participation in sport of under-represented The Policy on Sport for Persons with a groups. [...] The Policy on Sport for Persons with a 5.1.1 Raising Awareness Disability envisions the full and active Provide leadership and resources for participation of persons with a disability engaging stakeholders to promote awareness in Canadian sport at all levels and in all and understanding of sport for persons with forms, to the extent of their abilities and a disability. [...] STRATEGIES 5.1.2 Access The objectives of The Policy on Sport for Provide leadership and resources to Persons with a Disability and the action plan increase access by persons with a disability for their implementation are based on the four to the services and programs of the sport goals of the Canadian Sport Policy: community, and improve access to sport activities based on Long Term Athlete • Enh [...] The synergy is important as well as identifying combination of leadership, partnerships and gaps and overlaps; leading-edge initiatives from the Policy will promote a sport system that encourages • examining the impact of the Policy, taking and enables persons with a disability to into account the impact of the overall participate fully in sport to the extent of their policy approach, as well as o [...] Access refers to the freedom and ability of a person with a disability to make use of the Classification sport programming, facilities and services The application of diagnostic criteria in offered at all levels of the Canadian sport Paralympic sports intended to classify system.