Sitting Darts

Background For disabled people to participate in social life; It is necessary to create environments where communication, self-confidence and skills can be discovered. Support organizations and rehabilitation programs that include various sports and recreational activities increase the quality of life by minimizing the negativities of the orthopedically handicapped. These can help the individual to get rid of the feeling of being excluded from social life. Objectives We prepared our project for two main purposes. Primary purpose; We want to reach disabled people who are excluded from social life, have limited opportunities compared to their peers, and lack the healing power of sports and sports. Secondary purpose; to reinforce the solidarity and friendship between children by increasing their empathy for their disabled peers. Just like their disabled friends, healthy children will experience playing darts in a wheelchair to develop a sense of empathy. Implementation Within the scope of the project, a training and tournament module was developed for the disabled. Every organization; He provided darts training to all participants for 8 weeks. During the training, the disabled and their healthy peers spent time together. At the end of the training, local tournaments and then international tournaments were held. 2 teams from each organization participated in the final tournament and the champion was determined. Achievements As a result, the Sitting Darts project,It improves the quality of life of the disabled; We have seen that he socializes with the help of sports and spends more time with his peers. We have redesigned the sport of darts so that disabled and healthy peers can play together. They trained, played, competed and had fun together. They have accumulated good memories of darts for their next life. We think that they approach sports and social life more positively now.