It details the law that regulates adapted sport for people with disabilities and Paralympic sport.
What duty does the State have regarding the practice of sports by people with disabilities?
The State must promote and create the necessary conditions to facilitate access to physical and sports development for people with disabilities.
What is adapted sport?
Adapted sport is that sport that is suitable for people with disabilities. It is about adjusting rules or implements for the development of this sport.
There are also sports specially designed for people with disabilities, without losing the very essence of the respective discipline.
What is Paralympic sport?
Paralympic sport is known as adapted sport, when it is practiced in the high-performance modality and under the aegis of the Paralympic Committee.
Should national sports policy consider adapted and Paralympic sports?
Yes, the plans and programs of the National Sports Policy must consider people with disabilities. They should also include adapted or Paralympic athletes. It is, on the one hand, to ensure the right to physical education, sports practice, health, physical and mental well-being, integration, leisure, and the possibilities that sport offers; and, on the other, of having adapted and accessible facilities for the practice of sport.
In this context, the Ministry of Sport must formulate programs and actions for the development of adapted sport and Paralympic sport.
Should there be a presence of adapted sport and Paralympic sport in the National Sports Council?
Yes, there must be two councilors appointed by the Plenary of Federations of the Paralympic Committee of Chile.
What should sports federations do?
Sports federations must adapt their regulations to regulate and allow the inclusive practice of sport. In addition, they have to promote the organization of adaptive or inclusive sports competitions, in all categories.
What work should the National Sports Institute (IND) develop?
The IND, dependent on the Ministry of Sports, must contemplate in the National High Performance Sports Program, actions for adapted sports.
At the same time, this body must be concerned with the development of products to support the practice of sports by people with disabilities.
Should there be a presence of adapted sports on the IND regional advisory councils?
The regional sports advisory councils must include a representative of the adapted sports sports organizations of the region, as well as a member appointed by the respective Regional Directorate of the National Disability Service.
What is the Paralympic Committee of Chile?
The Paralympic Committee of Chile will be the highest Paralympic organization in the country. This entity will be governed by its statutes and regulations, by the provisions of the Paralympic Charter and by the guidelines of the International Paralympic Committee that are applicable to them, in accordance with national legislation and international conventions.
Its mission will be to promote the practice of Paralympic sport and high performance adapted sport, as well as to spread its ideals.
It will be responsible for organizing the participation of Chilean athletes in the Paralympic, Parapan American and Para South American Games and in other international multi-sport competitions, sponsored by the International Paralympic Committee.
Who make it up?
The Paralympic Committee will be made up of sports federations that are exclusively dedicated to the practice of adapted sport in a sports discipline, or due to disability. It may be made up of sports federations that include athletes with disabilities, according to their statutes.
Should the National Fund for the Promotion of Sports consider adapted and Paralympic sports?
Yes, this fund must promote and support, through specific financing measures, adapted and Paralympic sport.
