期刊名称：International Journal of Sport, Exercise and Training Sciences
电子版ISSN：2149-8229
出版年度：2017
卷号：3
语种：English
出版社：Balikesir University
摘要：Nowadays,disabled athletes see more acceptance than ever and are often involved in sporting events. Therefore;It should be that disabled people by means of sports through are able to benefit from sports facilities to gain,protect,develop and make sports physical and mental health. OBJECTIVE: In this research,it was aimed to determine at what level the disabled individuals living in Mersin benefit from sports opportunities. METHOD: As a data collection tool,7-item structured interview form was prepared to determine at what level the disabled individuals living in Mersin benefit from sports opportunities. Field survey was carried out to create the content of the research and to prepare the interview questions in a comprehensive way. It was aimed to determine at what level the disabled individuals benefit from sports opportunities by the prepared questions. Interviews were conducted face to face with the officials of Provincial Directorate of Youth Services and Sports,Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Disability Department,Toroslar Municipality,Yenişehir Municipality,Akdeniz Municipality and National Education Directorate. The collected data were discussed in the light of scientific data. RESULTS: In accordance with the findings,while the total number of disabled people in Mersin province was 39376,the total number of disabled people who participated in sports events in 2014-2015 was 66 and the number of spectators was 2880,and the number of disabled athletes who participated in sport events in 2016 was determined as 1019. It was observed that the ratio of the number of disabled people doing sports was very low in Mersin province where there are about forty thousand disabled people. CONSEQUENTLY: İt was found that the disabled people did not use the existing sports opportunities sufficiently although Mersin province is placed near the top in terms of sports facilities to be used by disabled people. When the difference between the number of disabled athletes and the number of disabled people,disabled people's levels of utilizing sports opportunities and the small number of spectators are taken into account,it is proposed to increase disabled people's awareness and levels of utilizing sports opportunities in the society.
