Organization of Physical Culture and Sports for People With Disabilities at the Regional Level in Modern Conditions
Authors:   Mykolayiv National Agrarian University, Kozachenko Liliia 
Published: June 2022

Abstract. Introduction. The main challenge of the world community, affecting every seventh person in the world is disability. Disability is characterized as a social phenomenon, which is a priority of every civilized and legal state to deal with. Recognized in society, as well as in various scientific studies on the effectiveness of measures to integrate persons with disabilities, is the gradual involvement of children and adults of this category in physical culture and sports. This path allows people with disabilities to develop personal skills, sports skills, build relationships with other people, achieve significant achievements in sports, increase their own self-esteem, and reach professional heights in various fields. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to study organization of physical culture and sports of persons with disabilities in the current conditions at the regional level, in particular: the analysis of state regulation of the organization of physical culture and sports of persons with disabilities in Ukraine is carried out; the state of organization of physical culture and sports of persons with disabilities at the regional level is studied and directions for improving the level of their social integration are determined. Results. The study of the state of organization of physical culture and sports of persons with disabilities at the regional level in the conditions of today, allowed to determine the directions of increasing the level of their social integration, in particular: to provide in the State target social program for the development of physical culture and sports a separate direction "Physical culture and sports for persons with disabilities", which will allow to make more reasonable approach to the organizational and regulatory conditions for the development of physical culture movement among persons with disabilities by state institutions; to identify tasks related to the development of mass sports and active involvement of persons with disabilities in physical culture classes in the Program of development of physical culture and sports in the Mykolaiv region and in the city program "Physical culture and sport" (Mykolaiv); to form and implement a strategy of informing society about the opportunities of persons with disabilities and popularizing their achievements, including sport ones. Conclusions. The course of society humanization chosen by Ukraine should contribute to the formation of respect for people with disabilities and ensure their high-quality integration into all spheres of life, including the field of physical culture and sports. State institutions, together with public volunteer organizations of disabled people, have significant opportunities in practical solution of physical, social and economic problems of persons with disabilities, which allows to make more reasonable approach to organizational and regulatory conditions for the development of physical culture movement among persons with disabilities.