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to go to a nearby sports center where I could play power-sport-inclusion-including-persons-
games of my interest and feel rejuvenated. There shall disabilities-sport
be some competitions in a similar age group so that
one feels the need to challenge own’s skillsand try to 2. Joe Kuseka (2024 March; 04) ‘Empowering
stretch oneself. This accountability I do expect from our People with Disabilities through Inclusive
systems in the country that are aspiring to be equated Participation’ Retrieved from https://www.
to their developed counterparts. It should be noted that sportanddev.org/latest/news/empowering-
the development of a nation also means that the people people-disabilities-through-inclusive-
with disabilities are treated with dignity and they feel participation
invited to participate like anyone else in the society. The
Council of Europe’s European Sports Charter defines 3 & 4. Doek-jin Jang (2023 February; 20) ‘The
sports as “all forms of physical activity, which, through Structural relationship between Basic
casual or organized participation, aim at expressing Psychological Neeeds, Grit and the Quality of
or improving physical fitness and mental well-being, Life of Individuals with Disabilities’ Retrieved
forming social relationships or obtaining results in from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/
competition at all levels”⁷. By this, I have been trying to articles/PMC9914436/
lead life and enjoy it regularly, whether independently
or with some support on a few occasions and I wish to 5. https://chasa.org/adaptive-para-sports/
carry this resilience throughout by being a sport.
6. Doris Corbitt In Corbett, Doris.‘The Politics of
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