Now we have numerous wheelchair sports basketball, netball, rugby, tennis as well as wheelchair dancing, fencing etc etc
The Paralympic Games has of course helped promote disabled sports and what used to be leisure activities a great deal. The games take place once every four years (with a Winter Games two years after each summer edition of the Games) in the same city and year as the Olympic Games.
Hobbies for the disabled have also taken off a great deal, as disability became accepted over the years, so did hobbies for the disabled, fishing, photography and even flying. I was reading the other day about blind sports and how blind cricket has taken off big time over the past few years, so go get involved, theres somthing for everybody.
Anybody interested in finding a new hobby, sport or leisure activity should find a local club, they are out there and will be very pleased to have you on board. Don’t worry about your ability level, it’s the taking part, having a laugh and socialising that makes it all worth while.
