Jobst Marlene, Kreinbucher-Bekerle Christoph
Institute of Human Movement Science, Sport and Health, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Front Sports Act Living. 2025 Mar 21;7:1543502. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1543502. eCollection 2025.
Inclusive sport events can increase the social inclusion of people with disabilities. While originally, people with disabilities are represented as athletes, they could also be a valuable resource volunteering at sport events. However, barriers to their inclusion exist due to a lack of accessibility at the event venue or missing knowledge of the event organizers about collaborating with people with disabilities. Training courses for volunteers with disabilities are rare but would help to integrate them at sport events. The present study reflects on the training course and the participants' implementation in different sport events.
Therefore, six so called sport management assistants with disabilities (4 female and 2 male; age: = 31.67; = 6.07) and five sport event organizers (3 female and 2 male; age: = 41.20; = 9.04) were interviewed with a semi-structured guideline.
The feedback of both groups concerning their experiences was mainly positive. The training course prepared the sport management assistants with disabilities for their tasks at the sport events. The sport management assistant graduates were satisfied with their roles at the events but criticize the lack of accessibility. The organizers praised the enthusiastic workforces added to their teams and want to cooperate with volunteers with disabilities in future events.
Thus, preparatory courses for people with disabilities as an educational tool should be encouraged to promote inclusion at sport events on a larger scale.
包容性体育赛事可以提高残疾人的社会包容性。虽然最初残疾人是以运动员的身份参与，但他们也可以成为体育赛事志愿者的宝贵资源。然而，由于赛事场地缺乏无障碍设施或赛事组织者缺乏与残疾人合作的知识，残疾人参与存在障碍。针对残疾志愿者的培训课程很少，但有助于让他们融入体育赛事。本研究反思了培训课程以及参与者在不同体育赛事中的实施情况。
因此，对六名所谓的残疾体育管理助理（4名女性和2名男性；年龄：= 31.67；= 6.07）和五名体育赛事组织者（3名女性和2名男性；年龄：= 41.20；= 9.04）进行了半结构化访谈。
两组关于他们经历的反馈主要是积极的。培训课程让残疾体育管理助理为体育赛事中的任务做好了准备。残疾体育管理助理毕业生对他们在赛事中的角色感到满意，但批评无障碍设施不足。组织者赞扬了加入他们团队的热情员工，并希望在未来赛事中与残疾志愿者合作。
因此，应鼓励将针对残疾人的预备课程作为一种教育工具，以在更大规模上促进体育赛事中的包容性。
