Sports, diet and health for children with intellectual disabilities

Children with intellectual disabilities are some of society's most vulnerable. With the help of the project, Parasport Sweden wants to improve the well - being of these children, through education in the areas of sports and the joy of movement.

Parasport Sweden consists of the Swedish Parasports Federation and the Swedish Paralympic Committee. The organization works with sports as a tool to create a more equal health and a more inclusive society - from grassroots sports to elite sports. The business has people with mobility impairments, visual impairments and intellectual disabilities as target groups.

The Swedish Parasports Federation's goal is to develop a family program as a new concept and a new working method to introduce more people with intellectual disabilities to sports, diet and health.

The program focuses on whole families as a target group. Good habits of sport and health are seldom something that is developed by the individual alone, but often involves parents, siblings, partners or friends. By focusing on the family's joint learning, a potential arises to create long-term sustainable effects for people with intellectual disabilities' health and well-being.

In the project, the association wants to arrange fun and challenging activities to experience together and create more knowledge owners who bring home new experiences to their everyday environments.

The project plan also includes creating the conditions to enable better support and research on people with intellectual disabilities' health. An important part of the project is therefore the influence of public opinion and to strengthen the network between the sports movement and the academy in the field.

Through the project's new working method, more children and young people with intellectual disabilities are expected to participate in sports, as well as find long-term sustainable habits that work in their everyday lives.