Hong Kong Connection：Breaking Barriers: Accessible Sports for All

Barrier-free facilities provide greater accessibility for people with disabilities. However, besides the basic facilities, can the government and society offer additional recreation and leisure opportunities to them? In recent years, the government has actively promoted sports for people with disabilities and implemented the Elite Training Programme for Athletes with Disabilities. Nevertheless, do individuals with disabilities generally have sufficient opportunities to engage in sports? Due to the lack of exercise options for individuals with physical disabilities, some scholars have developed an adapted physical activity called sitting light volleyball. How can such exercise contribute to the physical and mental well-being of people with disabilities? Even though there are organisations for people with disabilities that provide well-equipped camping and sports facilities, why is the utilization rate so low? What actions can we take to encourage people with disabilities to actively participate in recreational and sporting activities?