SPORTS COMPLEX FOR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED

In any part of the world, there has been a stigma associated with anyone
using wheelchair or being accompanied by a cane. These people, who are
much known in the society as people with disability, are frequently
categorized as futile and incapable.

And are facing different kinds of problems from their surroundings :- lacks family support
- lacks social support
- lacks government support
- mental problem
- space accessible problem (architectural barriers)

Since these people are considered to be incapable and not meant to be

useful for the society, people with disabilities doesnt get their required
status in the society.

Because of this approach of other people, people with disability tend to

develop a negative outlook and lose their sense of worth .

This will going to effect:- create large social-gap between abled and disabled person
- loss confidence in them
- loss of self esteem
- feels loneliness from the family and community
- psychological problems etc.

But these problems were seen seriously by some of the developed

countries and had taken necessary steps to solve the issues.
- through modifying laws
- providing rehabilitation centers
- community awareness
- proving recreational centers
- education
- providing barrier free design
- conducting competitions
- conducting Paralympic, deaf Olympic etc.

Participation in sport has identified to be one of the way in which they can
demonstrate their place in the world.

Not only for differently abled people, for abled people also the sports plays
an important role in their life.

Benefits of sports :- they help people to be healthy and be fit

- pride for a nation
- huge market for countries economy
- mental fitness
- strengthens social connection etc.

So the sports has benefits for all, abled and also for disabled.

There are different organizations promoting sports for differently abled in

the world wide through conducting Inter national level sports competition.

These inter national competitions are pride for the nations through winning
medals. And India has also differently abled athletes participating in
international competitions and have won many medals also.
But our country India doesnt support them as much as their contribution to
the nations pride.

they were not getting proper training

lack sports equipment
lacks sports education
lacks space for training
lacks support from government, society and family

So this is high time to recognize their needs and provide them a space,
where all these facilities can be provided and can be a solution for their
problem. Through a sports complex we can get rid off these issues.

Being able to take part in sports can change what the society think and feel
about them and also change what they think and feel about themselves.

Aim

Indian team of differently abled are participating in the international levels

but they lacks intended facilities for adaptive sports in the country. . There
has to be an adaptive sports center that takes the accessibility and safety
of differently-abled person as the major concern.

So aim of the project is to design a sports complex for the differently-abled

person.

Objective

To study the census data of differently abled in India, state wise and district
wise and identification of site.

Identification of different amenities required for the differently abled sports

complex.

Identification of different types of games played by the movement disabled

people.

To Study the design and guidelines for the space planning for the
differently abled.

Need for the project

The creation of a suitable venue for differently-abled athletes to practice and

train is really essential because the Indian athletes have already been competing
in the international Paralympic games and this complex can help them excel in
those competitions and bring pride and recognition to the Indians. The
community recognition helps them in attaining benefits from the government.

Building sports complex for differently-abled can also attract more differentlyabled athletes who can contribute to the development of the Indian athletic team.

This project also supports the community of differently-abled persons to have

better opportunity for sports and leisure. This can help them attain self esteem
and confidence.

Conducting games with involvement of both abled and disabled participation will
helps in attaining community bond between them. And which will helps in gaining
recognition and status in the community.

Helps in attaining body fitness, mental fitness etc.

The sports complex helps to create awareness and importance of sports in daily
life. Which will attract people with disability as the design is accessible and can
act as an eye opener to concerned authority to construct new such complex for
the differently-abled.

Project Scope and Limitations

Scope of the project is that, it can act as space where people can train
sports and can act as leisure and recreational center. Which will help them
in attaining self esteem, confidence, community recognition etc.

The project is limited to design for disability in movement. Because a

majority of people with disability are in movement disability category (20.3
%) as per census of India 2011.

The sports and recreation facilities provided for the users with movement
disabilities only include Athletics, swimming, wheelchair basketball,
badminton, chess, boccia, table tennis, powerlifting, archery, volleyball,
cycling and wheelchair tennis. Unique sports and recreation facilities for
people with seeing, mental and hearing impairments will not be included
on the the project.

Methodology

Secondary
data

Primary data

Data collection

Literature case
study

Interviews

Live case study

Disabled census
data of India
Design
guide
lines
for
differently-abled
Court size and
rules
for
modified games
and
types
of
equipment
required.

Sports
and
fitness center for
disabled people,
USA
Stoke Mandeville
stadium

With wheel chair

basket ball team
of Chennai.
With
Kerala
Paralympic
association
secretary.

Paraplegic
Rehabilitation center
in Pune.
Shree
shiv
chhatrapati
sports
complex, Pune
Mobility
India,
Rehabilitation center
Bangalore

Inference

Site selection
As per the census of India 2011, a total of 5.4 million out of 26 million have
disability in movement (20.3 %). Comparing the other categories of disability in
the country, disability in movement is on the top.
Among states, Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of people with disability in
movement, around 0.6 million and then comes Maharashtra (0.54 million),
Andhra Pradesh (0.53 million) and so on.
But considering the districts, Pune has highest number of people with disability
in movement (0.04 million). And considering proportion of disabled population
to that of population of the state, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh are on the
top with more than 2.5 %.
And in Pune there are different institutions and several rehabilitation centers
supporting differently-abled people. Paraplegic Rehabilitation center ,Nirmalya
trust, handicapped rehabilitation center and so on.
So for this project Pune has been selected as the site.

Site - Pune

Located near to paraplegic rehabilitation

center, kirkee, Pune
6.7 km from Pune city
Land area 10.17 acres

Census - 2011 for disabled population

The census 2011 revealed that about 26,810,557 people in India as

suffering from one or the other kind of disability. This is equivalent to
2.21% of the population. And the Decadal Change in Disabled Population,
India ( 2001-11) is 22.4 %. Among the total disabled in the country,
2.41% are males and 2.01 % are females.

Among the eight types of disabilities on which data has been collected,
disability In movement at 20.3% emerges as the top category. Others in
sequence are: In hearing (18.9%), seeing(18.8%), in multiple
disability(7.9%), In speech (7.5%), In mental retardation (5.6%) and in
mental illness (2.7%).

Across the country, the highest number of disabled has been reported
from the state of Uttar Pradesh (4.1 million). Significant numbers of
disabled have also been reported from the state like Maharashtra (2.9
million), Andhra Pradesh (2.2 million), West Bengal (2 million) etc.

Considering the disability in movement, highest no. of people are located

in the states of Uttar Pradesh (0.67 million), then comes Maharashtra(0.54
million), AP(0.58 million). And Pune is the city with highest no. of persons
with movement disability.

Disabled Population by Type of Disability India : 2011

Type of Disability

Persons

Males

Females

Total

26,810,557

14,986,202

11,824,355

In Seeing

5,032,463

2,638,516

2,393,947

In Hearing

5,071,007

2,677,544

2,393,463

In Speech

1,998,535

1,122,896

875,639

In Movement

5,436,604

3,370,374

2,066,230

Mental Retardation

1,505,624

870,708

634,916

Mental Illness

722,826

415,732

307,094

Any Other

4,927,011

2,727,828

2,199,183

Multiple Disability

2,116,487

1,162,604

953,883

Source : census of India 201

Games
Wheelchair Basketball
It is designed for athletes who have a
physical impairment that prevents
running, jumping and pivoting.
Men and women play on teams of five
players each and the measurements of
the court and the height of the baskets
are the same as in able-bodied
basketball.
Boccia
It is practiced in more than 50 countries
by those with cerebral palsy or related
neurological conditions involving a
wheelchair.
All events are mixed gender and feature
individual, pair and team competitions.
The game consists of four rounds in
individuals and pairs competitions and
of six rounds in the team competition. It
is played on a hard surface, and the goal
is to throw the game balls so that they
land as close as possible to a special
target ball, which is called the jack.

 Wheel chair badminton

Which can be played with participation
of both abled and disabled
Wheel chair tennis
For badminton and tennis courts will be
with same dimension but there will be
modification in the rules. For tennis, the
ball can be bounces twice in a court.

Archery
Swimming
Cycling
Power lifting
Shooting
Table tennis
Sitting volley ball
Electric Wheel chair hockey
Electric wheel chair football

ource: http://paralympics .org.uk/paralypicsports