An Investigation And Research On The Current State Of The Physical Fitness Of People With Disabilities In The Chongqing City

With the progress in the modern social development, the disadvantaged group—thedisable is gaining attention, care and support around the world. As the world isendeavoring to facilitate the disable to blend in the society, provide education, jobopportunities and training for them and improve their material condition as well asmental state, the studies on the handicapped people’s physical fitness is developingaround the world. Through physical activities, the disable can not only strengthen theirphysique, improve their body function, but also battle with their will and stamina,challenge their life potential and display the creativity and value of mankind. What’smore, they can come back to the society easily, be active in various social activities.Fitness campaigns add fun in their life, cultivate their sentiment, promote their physicaland psychological soundness, improve their quality of life and facilitate them to enjoy aharmonious society. This thesis had selected the handicapped people from the9maindistricts in Chongqing (Jiulongpo, Nan’an, Yubei, Yuzhong, Dadukou, Jiangbei,Shapingba, Banan and Beibei) as the objects of the survey. By investigating thepractical situation that the disable participates in the physical fitness, a counterplanaimed at popularizing and fostering the handicapped to embark physical campaign isborn, so as to give reference to the guarantee and service for the disable, and implementthe regulations related to the12thFive Year Plan for the Programs of the People withDisabilities in the Chongqing City. In this thesis, the techniques of document literature,questionnaire survey, interview, mathematical statistics and logical deduction, etc. areapplied in the research on the physical fitness of the disable in Chongqing. Thequestionnaires are designed according to the income and employment status of thehandicapped, their attitude and knowledge of physical fitness, their practical times ofparticipating in sports in a week, the factors that affect their participation and theiranticipation toward physical fitness. After analyses and summary, the conclusion of thequestionnaires is as follows：1.The disable people in the Chongqing city are suffering from relatively low degreeof education and insufficient income. Their desire to attend the activities is at low level.Together with their special psychology, they are restricted to take part in the fitnesscampaign.2.The main form of their attending the sports is to join with their friends or do it alone. Their range of sports is narrow, which mainly are aerobics, jogging, scoot andeasy exerciser practice. Their activities site clusters at the community and publicamenities.3.The government failed to attach enough importance to embark the disablepeople’s fitness campaign. Because of the insufficient investment, the handicapped arelack of exercisers, sites and professional coaches. The government should better theirpublicity and organization function on physical fitness of the disable people.