International Foundation for disabled in the UAE

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Let me introduce myself.

My name is Pieter Engelhardt

Age 50 years old

Nationality Dutch

E-mail address:pietertje197550@gmail.com

Mobile phone number and WhatsApp number: +971 56 633 0524

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I have created this website and facebook profile for everyone in the UAE,

so that we can connect with each other and talk about the situation in the UAE, about the disabled.

I also created a Facebook site

International Foundation for disabled in the UAE

I can make a program for anyone who is disabled to enjoy life better.

I am a swimming instructor myself and have more than 30 years of experience in swimming and sports

I am a Dutch-European and have more than 44 years of experience with the Rescue Brigade and rescue team

and lifeguard because I have been with the Rescue Brigade in the Netherlands since I was 5 years old.

I am a Dutch-European since I was 10 years old, I started studying,

for a swimming instructor until I was 20 years old.

I am a Dutch-European and have more than 30 years of experience

with baby's Swimming.

I have more than 30 years of experience in international professional swimming training and international professional swimming teacher and international professional training for water paranoia and trauma to the water that makes them unable to shower or even go to the pool and international professional stress manager and international professional medical massage for everyone and international professional lifeguard training and international professional paramedical training and international professional aqua gymnastics and international professional swimming therapy and international professional therapy for asthma, copd and disabled children and adults and international professional baby courses and international professional water polo and teaching children in preparation for international swimming competitions and international professional Olympic swimming training and much more......

I speak four languages (English, Dutch and German and Tagalog very well).

I also have Dubai Lifeguard certification and Emergency first aid, defibrillation and CPR (hands only CPR)

* swimming training *swimming teacher * first Survival technique is the basic technique for all swimming techniques in the world, including in the United Arab Emirates. * Olympic swimmer training ( these swimming techniques Freestyle, Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Front crawl, Back crawl, Medley, these are for the Olympic swimmer and international swimming competitions. * international professional training for water paranoia * Water polo training * water therapy * aqua gymnastics * baby courses * Also give Medical massage to everyone * and international professional stress manager * lifeguard training * paramedical training (Emergency first aid, defibrillation and CPR (hands only CPR) * therapy for asthma, copd and disabled children and adults with disabilities and Mild intellectual disability, Moderate intellectual disability, Severe intellectual disability, Very severe intellectual disability and that intellectual disability more often also has a psychiatric disorder.

For example, asthma, copd and psychoses, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, ADHD, depression, epilepsy diabetes and movement problems autism, trauma and intellectual disability,

'mental disability' or mentally retarded

the government of United Arab Emirates gives my permission to everyone in United Arab Emirates, the Survival Technique is the basis for all swimming technique, that survival technique can only be learned from me, because there is no other swimming training in United Arab Emirates that can do this Survival Technique because other swimming training only teach you this swimming technique Freestyle, Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Front crawl, Back crawl, Medley, these are for the Olympic swimmer and international swimming competitions and that is not good because you have to learn Survival Technique first and you can only learned from me.

I see that every time the fake swimming instructor in United Arab Emirates especially in Abu Dhabi

that they make video or photo of your children in the swimming pool especially of the girl and

I see that the fake swimming instructor do every time to make video and photo and that is 100% not allowed.

I have a lot of contact with America FBI to stop this to make

video or photo of children and especially video or photo of the girl.

That making video and photo is not allowed in the swimming pool by all the fake swimming instructor.

Because there are international rules that it is not allowed to make

video and photo of children and especially girls.

If a fake swimming instructor tells you that they show video or photo

to your children or if they swim well is 100% lies.

These fake swimming instructors sell the video or photo of your children

on the black market where they earn a lot of money.

Especially video or photo of the girl the fake swimming instructor earns

a lot of money on the black market and that is 100%.

Please Call Abu Dhabi Police 999

And tell that fake swimming instructor illegally make video and photo

of children and girls in the swimming pool.

Do not go the lifeguard because they get money from the fake swimming instructor

to make video and photo of the children and especially girls.

Because the lifeguard earn too little money with their work, because of the fake

swimming instructor the lifeguard have a little more money because of that video and photo making.

Here are the Code of Conduct for the Swimming Industry.

Version November 2021

The interaction between swimming pool employees and visitors

and swimming students cannot be regulated in detail.

Certainly not when physical contact is necessary in the form of instruction,

correction or assistance (think of visitors with a disability) or to prevent drowning

or another unsafe situation or is necessary for maintaining order and safety.

Nevertheless, it is advisable to establish principles and rules of conduct on

the basis of which the boundary between permitted and undesirable behaviour

of swimming pool employees in specific situations can be determined.

The aim of this is to protect all persons involved and

to promote public confidence in the swimming industry.

The National Swimming Safety Council (hereinafter referred to as ‘NRZ’) and stakeholders

from the swimming industry (hereinafter referred to as ‘the swimming industry’) have entered

into consultations with the aim of realising a code of conduct with the above-mentioned purpose.

To this end, NRZ and the swimming sector have drawn up the

‘Code of Conduct for the Swimming Sector’ and the ‘Principles of Professional Practice in General’

(hereinafter jointly referred to as: ‘the code of conduct’), which contain rules of conduct.

These rules of conduct are intended as a guideline for correct behaviour by swimming pool employees.

The various examples of undesirable behaviour mentioned

in the code of conduct are therefore not exhaustive or static.

A number of terms mentioned in the code of conduct

are defined below.

In 2021, the Code of Conduct for the Swimming Sector was updated by NRZ, in collaboration

with various sector parties, based on the most recent developments.

In addition, the Code of Conduct for the Swimming Sector was supplemented with the section

‘The swimming pool employee in contact with colleagues’.

Swimming pool employee

In the code of conduct, the term ‘swimming pool employee’ is understood to mean:

a natural person who, regardless of the legal status of the working relationship

(civil servant, employee, seconded employee, self-employed person, temporary worker, volunteer, intern, student, etc.), performs work in the:

● executive framework, for example in the position of swimming pool employee or swimming instructor;

● facility framework, for example in the position of canteen employee,

maintenance employee, counter employee;

● management framework;

● administrative framework;

● supervisory framework, for example in the position of delegated diploma swimming.

Visitor

The term ‘visitor’ is understood to mean: any (natural) person, other than

a swimming pool employee, who visits the swimming pool.

Swimming student

The term ‘swimming student’ is understood to mean: any visitor who

receives swimming lessons from a swimming pool employee.

Logbook

The term ‘logbook’ means: a register, written or digital, in which the swimming pool

employee can record the events mentioned in the code of conduct

General principles of professional practice

A swimming pool employee

1. strives to practice the profession as well as possible and in doing so takes into account

the views and positions of the professional group as laid down in the code of conduct;

is constantly aware of the exemplary function when practicing the profession;

2. takes personal responsibility for practicing the profession within the limits of swimming

education and within the applicable regulations of the swimming pool where the work is performed;

3. observes the limits of professional expertise; in the event of the nature and scope of

problems that exceed expertise, the swimming pool employee is obliged to call in other experts;

for example in the event of suspected abuse and mistreatment (in the home situation);

4. is responsible for the further development of professionalism; also in the area of social interaction

and correct communication with visitors, parent(s)/guardian(s) and children;

5. performs the work as a member of a team, in a collegial responsibility;

6. maintains professional contacts with colleagues within the swimming pool

and with the swimming pool management;

7. communicates correctly with colleagues and management in words, gestures,

in writing and via social media or other electronic means;

8. ensures that colleagues adhere to the code of conduct. Where appropriate,

addresses colleagues about undesirable forms of conduct;

9. informs the manager in the event of undesirable forms of conduct or

disregard of the code of conduct by a colleague;

10. refrains from behaviour and statements that discredit the employer,

colleagues or visitors, also when using social media, and is an example to others;

11. can provide a certificate of good conduct (VOG);

12. addresses the employer, colleagues, visitors or parent(s)/guardian(s) in appropriate cases

about undesirable forms of conduct, such as making and sharing images without permission

B. The swimming pool employee in contact with visitors

1. provides an environment and atmosphere in which the visitors of the swimming pool, including

swimming students, children and parent(s)/guardian(s), feel safe; by being visible,

supervising and consistently monitoring compliance with the regulations, house rules,

code of conduct and other internal agreements and enforcing the rules;

2. has the duty to protect visitors against (power) abuse, (sexual) intimidation and

other undesirable forms of conduct within the swimming pool.

The employee is vigilant and alert to signs of transgressive behavior and takes action if necessary;

3. realizes at all times that certain situations and/or actions can be experienced by

the visitor as (sexual) intimidation, or can lead to accusations of undesirable behavior.

The employee acts in accordance with established regulations, house rules, code of conduct

and other internal agreements so that it is easy to explain the actions and

there is insight into the actions and the motives;

4. avoids 1-on-1 situations with visitors in a closed space, unless this is necessary from a safety

and/or health perspective, such as in the event that first aid must be provided, life-saving actions

must be performed or the swimming pool must be evacuated due to calamities.

Such a situation is always recorded in the logbook and reported to the manager;

5. only enters a changing room, shower room, sauna or similar space where a visitor is

after obtaining prior permission from the visitor and will then justify entering the

changing room/shower room to the manager.

If it is nevertheless necessary for reasons of safety and health of the visitor to enter this space, such as in

the cases mentioned in Article 4, the swimming pool employee will announce this clearly and with reasons.

Such a situation is always recorded in the logbook and reported to the manager.

The visitor is granted as much privacy as possible;

6. only has physical contact with the visitor if this is functional and/or necessary,

for example for educational reasons or for reasons of the visitor's safety or health,

for example when first aid must be provided or life-saving actions must be performed.

Does not touch the visitor in such a way that the visitor and/or the employee themselves

can reasonably expect this contact to be sexual, aggressive or intimidating;

7. behaves hospitably and respectfully. Respects the visitor and refrains from treating

the visitor in a way that affects the visitor's dignity.

Therefore, refrains from any form of intimidation, namely: humiliating, threatening, coercing,

swearing, ignoring, bullying, sexual intimidation, discrimination on the grounds of gender, race,

(philosophical) belief, sexual preference, disability or for any other reason;

8. shows involvement with the visitor, but always maintains and maintains

a professional distance in contacts with the visitor;

9. does not penetrate further into the (private) life of the visitor than is necessary for the performance of

the function; this also applies to contacts via social media or other electronic means of communication;

10. clearly indicates the boundary if a visitor insists on intimacy; this also applies if intimacy is

insisted on via social media or other electronic means of communication.

The rules for dealing with 'visitors' in general have been set out above.

The following describes specific additional rules with regard to swimming students

and their parent(s)/guardian(s).

These two groups are primarily visitors to the swimming pool, but

unlike regular visitors, swimming students have social contact with their

swimming instructor during swimming lessons.

There is direct contact between swimming student and swimming instructor within

a dependency situation.

Also in the contact with their parent(s)/guardian(s) there is such a relationship of

dependency between swimming instructor and parent(s)/guardian(s),

whereby the swimming instructor has professional

predominance by virtue of the profession.

The above also applies in appropriate cases to

pool employees other than swimming instructors.

C. The swimming pool employee in contact with swimming students

1. respects the swimming student in look, word, gesture and does not make video recordings,

unless swimming students and/or their parent(s)/guardian(s) themselves request the making

of video recordings and in that case in such a way that the swimming student's dignity is not affected;

2. does not abuse in any way the power and dependency relationship that results

from the profession; both during work and outside of work and in

any form of communication (for example social media);

3. refrains from any form of intimidation, namely: humiliating, threatening, coercing,

swearing, ignoring, bullying, sexual intimidation, discrimination on the basis of gender, race,

belief, sexual preference, disability or for any other reason; children are addressed by their name

and certainly not on their external characteristics or specific behavior;

4. ensures social safety during lessons, especially for the less gifted swimming students; unnecessary

comparison situations and situations that accentuate the physical appearance are avoided;

5. ensures that necessary physical contact is functional and cannot be misunderstood.

Functional contact such as technique, posture and breathing corrections are preceded as much as possible

by an announcement of the contact and are accompanied by an explanation of the reason for the contact.

D. The swimming pool employee in contact with parent(s)/guardian(s)

1. respects the parent(s)/guardian(s) in look, word and gesture;

2. deals correctly with the dominance resulting from the profession in contact with parent(s)/guardian(s);

3. provides honest and relevant information about the progress/performance and (movement)

behaviour to parent(s)/guardian(s) with regard to the swimming student;

4. is visible during the lesson situation.

If the situation requires a 1-on-1 setting, this will be in the presence

or direct visibility of the parent(s)/guardian(s) if possible.

If this is not possible, the employee will discuss this with the manager

and ask the parent(s)/guardian(s) for permission.

The pool employee will also report such a situation in the logbook;

5. realizes that certain instructional actions can be misunderstood by the parent(s)/guardian(s)

and can lead to accusations of (sexual) intimidation; is therefore always prepared to account for

the pedagogical approach followed/the method of instruction to the parent(s)/guardian(s) and manager.

The use of a pedagogical approach that is not applied as standard will be reported by the

pool employee in the logbook and to the parent(s)/guardian(s).

E. The swimming pool employee in contact with colleagues

1. refrains from any form of intimidation, namely: humiliating, threatening, coercing,

swearing, ignoring, bullying, sexual harassment, discrimination on the basis of gender,

race, belief, sexual preference, disability or for any other reason;

2. does not abuse in any way the power and dependency relationship that results from the profession;

both during work and outside of work and in any form of communication (for example social media);

3. enters a changing room, shower room or similar space, where a colleague is,

only after expressly obtaining permission from the colleague;

4. clearly indicates the boundary if a colleague insists on intimacy in any form or at any time;

this also applies if intimacy is insisted on via social media or other electronic means of communication;

5. respects the colleague in look, word, gesture and does not make video recordings,

unless the colleague himself requests the making of video recordings

and in that case in such a way that the colleague's dignity is not affected.

Disclaimer

The authors of the Code of Conduct for the Swimming Industry are not responsible

for the implementation and supervision of compliance.

They accept no liability for any violation of the Code of Conduct for the Swimming Industry by

swimming pools and/or swimming pool employees as referred to in the

Code of Conduct for the Swimming Industry.

National Council for Swimming Safety

This table shows in 1 year time how drowning is in UAE , Abu Dhabi

This is only because of the fake swimming training in UAE.

That people drown in the swimming pool and the water park and the sea

Because these fake swimming training are just lifeguard and not a swimming teacher.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) at least 236,000 people die from drowning every year. It is one of the ten most common causes of death in people between the ages of 1 and 24.

The fake swimming training in UAE gives you and children wrong swimming lessons it gives you and children these swimming techniques, freestyle, butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, front crawl, back crawl, medley, these are only meant for the Olympic swimmer and international swimming competitions.

the Survival Technique is the basis for all swimming techniques,

The survival technique can only be learned from me, because there is no other swimming training in the United Arab Emirates that can do this Survival Technique,

The, right Swimming schools are Europe and America and California and Los Angeles because they are the right swimming schools in the world.

These people from these countries, Europe and America and California, and Los Angeles, know how real swimming lessons should be.

All in UAE need the right swimming certificate and that ABC this swimming certificate can only be given by

Europe and America and California and Los Angeles because they are the right swimming schools in the world.

With this swimming certificate ABC you and children know how real swimming is.

Everything you want to know about exercising with asthma

If you have asthma and shortness of breath and tightness of the chest make you less inclined to exercise?

Good news: exercising is good for you, even if you have asthma.

Do you also get so happy from exercising?

It is no surprise that exercising is good for you.

Being active makes you a fitter and happier version of yourself and is good for your health.

But what if that health gets in the way of exercising?

If you have asthma, for example, and shortness of breath

and tightness of the chest make you less inclined to exercise?

Good news: exercising is good for you, even if you have asthma.

Exercising helps to improve your lung function and reduce your asthma symptoms.

We will tell you everything about exercising with asthma.

We explain what asthma is exactly, why exercising is good if

you have asthma and which sports are suitable.

Because asthma is not a reason not to exercise, but rather to exercise.

With our handy tips for exercising with asthma, you can get started right away.

What is asthma?

1. Why is exercise good if you have asthma?

2. Which sports can you do with asthma?

3. Tips for exercising with asthma

What is asthma?

Asthma is a chronic, or long-term inflammation of the tubes in your lungs.

Do you not suffer from asthma?

Then the tubes in the lungs are wide, so that you can breathe in and out without problems.

Do you suffer from asthma?

Then your lungs are oversensitive and contract when certain stimuli are detected,

causing the tubes to become narrower.

This reduces the airflow to your lungs and you get problems breathing.

What do you suffer from if you have asthma?

Shortness of breath, coughing, wheezing and fatigue are well-known complaints for asthma patients.

These complaints are caused by allergens such as pollen, pets and dust mites.

And smoke, cold, polluted air and even stress can also worsen your asthma symptoms.

Asthma is a disease that cannot be cured.

The treatment of asthma is aimed at making the periods without complaints as long as possible

and keeping the condition of the airways as good as possible.

You do this with the help of medication, such as inhalers and anti-inflammatories.

Just as important are lifestyle changes, such as quitting smoking,

avoiding certain circumstances that aggravate your complaints and of course exercising.

Why is exercising good if you have asthma?

Exercising is good for you, especially if you have asthma.

Being active means an improvement in your condition and a number of important benefits.

Easier breathing - Exercising ensures a greater lung capacity and strong respiratory muscles.

This makes it easier for you to breathe, even during exercise.

Weight loss - About half of people with asthma are overweight.

This excess weight puts a strain on your respiratory system.

Exercising helps you to lose weight in a healthy way,

which in turn has a positive effect on your respiratory system.

Improved recovery capacity - By exercising regularly,

you improve the recovery capacity of your airways.

This can make an asthma attack less severe and shorter.

Increase resistance – Exercise improves your immune system.

Your body uses that immune system to protect you against pathogens.

This makes you less susceptible to an asthma attack and you are therefore literally

and figuratively stronger in your shoes.

Do you have a serious form of asthma or are you wondering how to start exercising with asthma?

Then don't start alone, but choose to work on your condition

together with a sports doctor or physiotherapist.

This way you can be sure that you are exercising in a safe and responsible way with asthma.

2. Which sports can you do with asthma?

Are you convinced of the benefits of exercising with asthma?

Then you are probably curious about which sports are best for you with asthma.

Sports that improve endurance are particularly good for you, such as walking, jogging, cycling and swimming.

Walking – Do you want to do some exercise, but at a leisurely pace?

Then walking is the ideal sport for you.

Walking at a leisurely pace improves your condition.

Do you opt for Nordic Walking, or walking with poles?

Then you also walk upright, which opens your chest and makes breathing even more pleasant.

Jogging – Jogging is walking at a fast pace or running at a leisurely pace.

Jogging, like walking, improves your fitness without having to exert yourself too much.

Cycling – Cycling in the fresh air is good for you.

Cycling ventilates your airways.

During a bike ride, you breathe more intensely and clean your lungs in this way.

Swimming – The high humidity and pleasant temperature make swimming an

ideal sport for many asthma patients.

Whichever sport you choose, build it up slowly.

This way you prevent asthma attacks and annoying injuries.

All beginnings are difficult, even when you start exercising with asthma.

Remember that perseverance wins. Once you have been doing it for a few weeks

and experience positive effects on your body, you will know what you are doing it for.

We give you 5 useful tips for exercising with asthma.

3. Tips for exercising with asthma

1. Always make sure you have medication with you for an unexpected attack.

Especially if you do intensive sports in cold and dry air,

you are more likely to have an attack.

2. Tell your sports buddy(ies) or trainer that you have asthma

and what they should do if you have an attack.

If something happens, they will not be scared, but they can take action.

3. Always listen to your body.

Do you feel an attack coming on?

Then take a break

4. Sometimes things go well and sometimes they do not go so well.

This applies to athletes without asthma as well as to you.

Accept that and do not force yourself if you feel that you have no energy.

5. Choose a sport that you like. Sports are a lot easier if you enjoy them.

Can't figure out which sport that is?

A physiotherapist or sports doctor can help you choose the sport that suits you and your asthma.

Exercising is good for you, especially if you have asthma.

The chronic disease is an inflammation of the tubes in your lungs, which causes you to suffer

from tightness in the chest, shortness of breath and coughing.

Exercising with asthma improves your condition.

This makes it easier to breathe and improves your resistance.

Choose sports such as walking, jogging and swimming if you are going to exercise

with asthma and build up your activities gradually.

Always take your medication with you when you go to exercise

and inform your training partner(s) about your asthma.

Accept that exercising with asthma does not always go well and listen to your body.

You can also perform top-notch with asthma.

Well-known athletes such as Chris Froome, Erben Wennemars and Marleen Veldhuizen

prove with their many medals that anything is possible.

Asthma is not a reason not to exercise, but rather a reason to exercise.

I hope you have lots of fun exercising!

Exercise is important to stay healthy.

The advice is to exercise moderately intensively for at least 2.5 hours per week.

Think of cycling or walking, for example.

Do this spread over several days.

But what if you have asthma?

Is exercising healthy with asthma?

And what do you take into account when you exercise?

Benefits of exercising with asthma

Exercise is especially important with asthma.

Regular exercise or movement strengthens the respiratory muscles and increases lung capacity.

This means you become less short of breath.

In addition, you also train the oxygen absorption of the muscles.

You feel better and get tired less quickly.

The importance of warming up and cooling down for asthma

If you have exercise-induced asthma, it may sound strange that exercising is healthy for you.

Exercising can then cause shortness of breath.

But if you do it sensibly, you will also benefit from the aforementioned advantages.

Start exercising with a gentle, good warm-up and build up the effort.

You can also use bronchodilator medication beforehand to prevent shortness of breath.

This medication can also resolve the shortness of breath during exercise.

Do not stop abruptly after exercising, but do a good cool down,

in which you gradually reduce the effort.

Your heart rate and breathing will slowly return to normal in this way.

"Especially with asthma, you should

stay in the best possible condition"

Be careful with certain sports with asthma

The choice of a sport is very personal.

Choose something you like and that is not too heavy for you in terms of breathing strain.

With some sports, there is a greater chance of coming into contact

with stimuli that can trigger an asthma attack.

Below are a number of examples:

All outdoor sports.

Do you also have hay fever?

In the seasons when certain grasses or trees bloom, there may be a lot of pollen in the air.

Take into account additional stimuli that can trigger an attack.

Winter sports.

The transition from warm to cold or vice versa can be a stimulus

that triggers an asthma attack for some people.

Sports in the cold, such as skating and skiing, increase the chance of an attack.

Try to keep breathing through your nose while exercising.

This humidifies and warms the air you breathe in, which means you irritate your lungs less.

A good warm-up and cool-down help your body get used to the temperature differences.

Swimming.

The water in some swimming pools contains a lot of chlorine.

If you are sensitive to this, look for a swimming pool with no or less chlorine.

Take the bronchodilator with you

Despite all the preparatory measures, you can still become short of breath.

In that case, it is good to have your bronchodilator medication with you.

For example, a spare in a locker at your sports location.

Bronchodilators come in 2 variants: powder inhalers and metered dose aerosols.

If you use a metered dose aerosol, it is important for it to work properly that you

also have the corresponding spacer with you.

If necessary, you can inhale the bronchodilator medication before exercising.

Are you a top athlete?

Then keep in mind that some inhalation medication is on the doping list for some sports.

Tell your sports buddies about your asthma

Bystanders can be very shocked by someone having an asthma attack and often do not know what to do.

Tell your friends that you have asthma and explain that they should not panic.

Tell them where you keep your medication and ask them to take you to a quiet environment during an attack.

9 reasons why swimming is good for body and mind!

Swimming is not only fun, it is also excellent for your health.

And that goes much further than just improving your fitness.

Benefit 1: Swimming boosts your health and mood

Swimming has a relaxing effect.

This is because the water makes you feel lighter and gives your heart peace.

Relaxing swimming reduces stress and depression.

Swimming is also a cardiovascular workout and such workouts improve your

mood and increase your self-confidence.

This is because you produce more of the hormone serotonin while swimming.

The effort of swimming gives you more energy than it costs you.

Immediately after exercising, you have more energy available than a few hours earlier,

when you came home tired from work.

All of the above things ensure that swimming boosts your physical and mental health.

Benefit 2: Swimming improves your sleep pattern

Your general health also depends on your night's sleep.

Because during the night,

your mind and body recover and rejuvenate.

So sleeping well is important and exercising properly will help you with that.

Because during (heavy) exercise, hormones are released that give you a better night's sleep afterwards.

Benefit 3: Swimming keeps blood pressure low

Since the water in a swimming pool exerts more pressure than air outside the water,

the water ensures that the blood flows back to your heart more easily.

As a result, your heart has to work 10 to 15% less hard!

Benefit 4: Burn 500 calories per hour

Swimming (not floating ;-)) burns about the same number of calories as running at 10 km/h.

With half an hour of swimming, you easily burn 300 kcal.

Benefit 5: Reduces the impact on the joints

Swimming is a low-impact sport.

By that we mean that swimming is good for your muscles, tendons and joints.

In the water you weigh 90% less and you therefore spare your body much more!

That is also the reason why injured athletes often start working on their fitness again in the pool.

Benefit 6: Strengthens the muscles

In addition to a fat-burning fitness training, swimming is

also a resistance or strength training.

You get that resistance from the water itself.

Because water works harder against you than air.

Swimming also builds muscle mass.

If you also alternate the different strokes, you also train the muscles in different ways.

Swimming helps you develop a balanced body and is the ideal full-body workout.

Benefit 7: Reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease

Swimming, like other forms of cardiovascular exercise, lowers your blood pressure

and your cholesterol level and thus reduces the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

To do this, you need to swim at least three times a week for 30 minutes

or otherwise increase your heart rate.

Benefit 8: Strengthens the capacity of the lungs

Asthma patients are often advised to swim, preferably in an indoor pool.

The warm and humid climate is better for the airways than the drier outdoor air and indoors

the amount of pollen in the air is also limited, which is so bad for hay fever and asthma patients.

But swimming also offers benefits to asthma patients in general.

Swimming increases lung capacity and improves breathing,

things that asthma patients in particular benefit from.

If you exercise regularly, you will have a larger lung capacity.

This is not only reserved for swimmers, but applies to all sports.

For example, if you go swimming once a week, you will soon notice

that you will be less likely to get out of breath when walking up stairs, for example.

Benefit 9: Strengthens the bones

Weight-bearing sports such as running are known to increase your bone density.

Because your body has to carry more weight during these exercises, your bones become stronger.

For a long time, it was thought that swimming as a low-impact sport did not come with this advantage.

However, recent research shows that swimmers do have a lower bone density than runners

and strength athletes, but still a higher density than non-athletes.

Swimming therefore increases your bone density.

Swimming:

The high humidity in a swimming pool combined with the high temperature

makes it an ideal environment for most asthma sufferers.

The right medication and the right exercise can have a positive effect on asthma.

A very suitable exercise is swimming.

Swimming is a favorite activity for many children and adults with asthma

and has been linked to a number of health benefits, including improved physical

fitness and mental well-being.

Swimming is traditionally recommended for people with asthma

because the warm and humid environment is less challenging.

Tips for swimming with asthma

Do:

1. Use the 'nose' test. If you notice a strong chemical odor after being in the pool

environment for more than three minutes, this could indicate an imbalance in

the pool chemicals or problems with the pool ventilation.

You should not stay in the water for too long and inform the pool management.

2. Always shower before entering the water to maintain good water conditions.

3. Keep your reliever inhaler to hand

4. Consider using your reliever inhaler (as prescribed) 10 minutes before your swim

5. Warm up and cool down properly to reduce the risk of exercise-induced asthma

6. Consult your GP if swimming seems to aggravate your asthma.

This may be a sign that your current treatment is not working.

Don’t:

1. Swim on days when you have asthma symptoms or if you have a cold

Participate in other aquatic activities with asthma

Open water swimming

Remember that the water temperature is likely to be colder, which can affect your asthma.

Wearing a well-fitting wetsuit can help.

Take your inhalers with you if you are swimming far from shore.

A waterproof wallet or bum bag can be useful.

Swimming abroad

Remember that different climates can affect your usual asthma control;

particularly changes in humidity, pollen levels or air quality.

You may need to adjust your inhaler use.

Discuss this with your GP or asthma nurse before travelling.

Take into account local hygiene standards for swimming pools as these can vary.

Special Olympics

United Arab Emirates

Sports

The sports organization for people with an intellectual disability.

We give athletes a stage to shine on!

You are athletic, enjoy training and want to keep improving.

You love an enthusiastic audience that cheers you on and a gold medal is your big dream.

If you like a challenge and find participating in competitions exciting,

then the Special Olympics sports events are really something for you!

Different sports

There are more than 30 different Special Olympics sports, including athletics, hockey, judo,

horse riding, tennis or sailing. Do you want to practice a cool sport?

Then alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, short track or snowboarding might be something for you.

You will also get to know a lot of new people in a fun way!

See below for an overview of all Special Olympics sports in the Netherlands.

The regional and national Special Olympics sports events are accessible to all people

with an intellectual disability who practice a sport.

Special Olympics also organizes summer games and winter games at an international level.

No fewer than 170 countries participate in these.

Summer sports

Athletics

Badminton

Basketball

Bocce

Bowling

Dancing

Golf

Gymnastics

(artistic)

Handball

Hockey

Inline

skating

Judo

Korfball

Open water

swimming

Horse riding

Table tennis

Tennis

Triathlon

Football

Volleyball

(Unified)

Cycling

Sailing

Swimming

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

Cross-country

skiing

Short track

Snowboarding

Sports regulations

Special Olympics has drawn up sports regulations for various sports.

These are both summer sports and winter sports.

During each tournament we organize a divisioning.

If you click on the sport, you will find the corresponding sports regulations.

Divisioning

Participants are divided into categories according to their performance level.

Within this category, the medals are competed for.

In this way, each competition is a fair and equal battle and every athlete,

regardless of their level, can experience success.

Events

Special Olympics events are about sports,

fun, new friendships and emotion.

Where taking part is more important than winning!

Regional

Special Olympics sporting events consist of sports, fun, new friendships and emotion.

Where participation is more important than winning!

Special Olympics Regional Events

Special Olympics has Regional Games and a Regional Event.

The Regional Games is an annual one-day event, with a minimum of four and a maximum of ten sports.

The Regional Event is also an annual one-day event for a maximum of three sports.

Accessible to everyone

The advantage of Regional Games or a Regional Event is that it is one day

and that (unlike the National Games) institutions and schools can also register.

Athletes must prepare seriously for the event.

This means training at least once a week under expert supervision at least six months before the event.

Special Olympics likes to work together with regional programs, such as Special Heroes.

This is to get and keep as many people with an intellectual disability

participating in sports in a responsible manner!

Organization of regional events

Local associations or other sports organizations can organize Regional Games

or a Regional Event under the auspices of Special Olympics Netherlands.

For this they must submit a plan of approach with budget.

After approval by Special Olympics Netherlands, the organization can start.

The criteria for organizing Regional Games, a Regional Event and a plan of approach

can be found on this website and can be requested from Special Olympics Nederlands.

Organizing an event?

Do you want to contribute to the positive image of people with an intellectual disability?

You can!

Special Olympics sporting events consist of sports, fun, new friendships and emotion,

where participation is more important than winning.

People with an intellectual disability can participate in competitions in various sports at their own level.

Organize a Special Olympics sporting event yourself

If you want to organize a sporting event yourself that contributes to

the positive image of people with an intellectual disability,

you can!

A Special Olympics sporting event guarantees proud, radiant athletes with shiny medals,

where every achievement is celebrated as a victory.

Such a sporting event has a stimulating effect on getting and keeping more

people with an intellectual disability involved in sports!

National

Special Olympics events consist of sports, fun, new friendships and emotion.

Where participation is more important than winning!

Special Olympics National Games

Every two years, the National Games are organized in rotation

throughout the Netherlands, for at least 13 sports.

Participation in the National Games is also a condition for participating

as an association in the draw for international Special Olympics events.

International

Special Olympics sports events consist of sports, fun, new friendships and emotion.

Where participation is more important than winning!

Torch Run

Torch Run is a worldwide organization where police officers

and firefighters raise awareness for Special Olympics.

Torch Run is a worldwide organization where police officers raise awareness for Special Olympics.

Since 1997, the Dutch Police has been responsible for the arrival of ‘the Flame of Hope’ at

Special Olympics events in the Netherlands on behalf of the Torch Run Netherlands Foundation.

Since 2016, a collaboration has been started with the Fire Department

and firefighters are also involved in the ‘runs’.

Flame of Hope

Prior to an event, Torch Run often runs through the city with the Special Olympics fire,

or the Flame of Hope, to raise awareness for the event and Special Olympics in general.

During the opening ceremony, they bring in the flame.

Cheered on by the many athletes, the fire is then lit after the Special Olympics oath has been recited.

Play Unified

Play Unified activities are meetings where people with and without intellectual disabilities

share a positive experience through sports.

To improve the position of people with intellectual disabilities in our society,

more meetings and understanding are needed.

Sports are the ideal place to meet, experience emotions together and develop understanding for each other.

Play Unified stands for realizing these meetings between people with and without intellectual disabilities.

It is not about winning, but about playing sports together and learning from each other.

That sounds simple and it is simple, it is just not done enough.

Inclusive society

The idea of Play Unified is ambitious and very simple at the same time.

Play Unified brings athletes with and without intellectual disabilities into contact with each other, which allows us to positively change their attitude and behavior.

When we do that, we make a tangible contribution to inclusion.

Play Unified activities are meetings where people with and without intellectual disabilities share a positive experience through sports. On the sports field, but also outside of it.

Think of going to a football match together,

training together or working a bar shift and celebrating a victory together or processing a defeat together.

People with and without intellectual

disabilities together in society.

Play Unified at school

Play Unified activities are meetings where people with and without intellectual disabilities share a positive experience through sports.

Play Unified at school is building a ‘Unified Generation’.

A generation of young people who pave the way for a future of understanding, respect and inclusion.

Play Unified at school brings primary school pupils into contact with athletes with an intellectual disability. Sports are the ideal place where we get to know each other and gain mutual respect

and understanding for each other.

By playing sports together, learning from each other and having fun, the project forms

a Unified Generation that thinks and acts inclusively.

Challenging activities

Play Unified at school is intended

for primary school pupils

from groups 6 and 7.

The project consists of various activities in which curiosity, investigative skills and movement are stimulated and converted into knowledge and respect during the project.

The class will do crafts and research on intellectual disabilities and the Special Olympics organisation.

In addition, questions are devised that can be asked to the athlete who will give a presentation about his/her sports achievements and sports dreams.

Finally, there is movement together on the

playground or in the gym.

Finally, the pupils are also invited to a Special Olympics event in their neighbourhood so that they can see the athletes in action and cheer them on.

Moving together

In the meantime, 42 classes have participated in Play Unified at school

and more than 1,350 students have met a Special Olympics athlete!

During the presentations, the students listen attentively to stories about medals won,

great sports moments and ambitions.

They also learn what Special Olympics means to the athletes and how important it is to play sports (together).

During the ‘press conference’, all questions from the students are answered,

after which it is time to get moving together.

After a good warm-up, we play sports together.

With this sporting and social project, we are working on a society in which no one is left out.

Do you also want to turn your primary school into a Play Unified school?

For more information and the possibilities,

Please please contact

The best International Academy Institute's Free Willy Orca

Swimming School in the United Arab Emirates

Play Unified at the club

Play Unified activities are meetings where people with and without intellectual disabilities

share a positive experience through sports.

To increase the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities, more meetings and understanding are needed.

In our eyes, sports are the perfect place to meet, experience emotions together

and develop understanding for each other.

This sounds simple and it is!

It is just not done enough.

We at Special Olympics Netherlands want to change that.

It is time for Play Unified at the club!

Athletes with and without intellectual disabilities who play sports together at the club.

Not to win, but to learn from each other.

That is Play Unified.

How Play Unified works at the club

The goal of Play Unified at the club is a truly inclusive club culture.

Members with and without intellectual disabilities get to know each other at the club,

recognize each other, cheer each other on and play sports together.

Sport is the perfect place where we gain mutual respect and understanding for each other

The more clubs participate in Play Unified at the club, the more clubs will be inspired and the greater the success will be on the road to a more inclusive

sports world.

A sports world where G-athletes are even more part of their sports club and everyone learns from each

other.

Play Unified at work

Play Unified activities are gatherings where people with and without intellectual disabilities

share a positive experience through sports.

Special Olympics athletes have many talents and skills that go beyond sports!

We show how our athletes fight back against low expectations, prove the opposite

and overcome everything to be successful in sports, life and work!

Inclusion Works is a series of stories about athletes who play an important role in daily life in addition to sports.

Be it having a job, following an education, doing volunteer work or having special talents.

Health

Our wish is to focus together on inclusive health care that is accessible to everyone.

Special Olympics is a global sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities.

We stimulate sports (events) all year round and give athletes a platform to shine on.

A platform that gives them more self-respect and self-confidence.

They become more assertive, more independent and learn to stand up for their own interests.

This improves the quality of their lives and increases their level of happiness.

Healthy Athletes

Through the Healthy Athletes program, we are

already improving the health of our athletes.

During various national and international

tournaments, athletes are tested by specialists on their

teeth, ears, eyes, feet, general condition and fitness.

Healthy Athletes

Healthy Athletes is a global health program that improves the health of

people with intellectual disabilities and addresses health issues.

Healthy Athletes helps improve sports performance

Healthy Athletes tests, in a relaxed atmosphere, during various national

and international tournaments whether your athlete sees, walks, moves and hears well.

In addition, Healthy Athletes checks the teeth, the general condition

and your athlete receives personal advice.

Healthy Athletes also provides teeth brushing lessons, a mouth guard or

new (sports) glasses if necessary.

And all of that for free!

The Healthy Athletes program consists of seven components: Fit Feet,

FUN fitness, Happy Hearts, Healthy Hearing, Health Promotion,

Opening Eyes and Special Smiles.

A Healthy Athlete every day!

Our athletes have health problems that are not always recognized much more often than average.

Our specialists can often help athletes to get rid of complaints, so that they appear

(even) fitter at the start next time!

About Special Olympics

Special Olympics Netherlands is the sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities.

In addition to the many health benefits, Special Olympics gives athletes a chance to shine on stage.

A stage that gives them more self-respect and self-confidence.

They become more assertive, more independent and learn to stand up for their own interests.

This improves the quality of their lives and increases their level of happiness.

Mission

To stimulate sports for people with intellectual disabilities throughout the year, so that they

have the opportunity to continuously develop, have fun, show courage

and share this with their loved ones.

This mission has been the mission of Special Olympics

for 55 years and it remains the foundation.

Sport is the core and the means for Special Olympics to bring about change.

Much has been achieved in recent years.

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (ratified in the Netherlands in 2016)

and the WHO World Report on Disability have helped to see people with disabilities as

equal people who should function as independently as possible in our society.

At the same time, there is still much to be done to break taboos

and eliminate stigma and to realize an inclusive society.

Vision

Sport opens hearts and positively influences attitudes and behavior towards people

with intellectual disabilities.

Sport creates an inclusive society worldwide.

Special Olympics not only makes an important contribution to the physical, mental and social well-being of the athlete, but also makes an important and indispensable contribution to a positive image of people with intellectual disabilities as full-fledged citizens of our society.

Philosophy

Special Olympics Netherlands is the sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities

Special Olympics activities are competitions with specific rules;

these involve much more than just moving, but actually performing at each person's own level.

Special Olympics distinguishes itself from other sports organizations by a broad sports formula with international allure and a consistent vision on competitions.

Equal opportunities

Every athlete gets an equal chance to excel during a competition.

The fundamental difference between Special Olympics competitions and competitions of other sports organizations is that all people with an intellectual disability, regardless of their performance level,

can participate in competitions and have a chance to win.

They compete against others with an equal performance level.

The division of athletes is done using the principle of 'divisioning'.

Then every competition is a final with medal chances for everyone.

Participation is more important than winning

Of course winning is important in Special Olympics activities, but participation is at least as important.

Special Olympics competitions are therefore practiced in the true Olympic spirit.

The oath taken by the athletes is therefore:

“Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt”

(“I aim for victory.

But by my effort I am already a winner”)

For everyone

The competitions are open to every athlete with an intellectual disability.

More than sports

Special Olympics offers programs that go beyond sports and provide social contacts, improved health,

more self-confidence, self-reliance, positive image and reduction of healthcare costs:

Healthy Athletes, Torch Run, Play Unified and Athlete Leadership.

Sports not only as a goal in itself, but also as a means to improve

the quality of life of people with an intellectual disability.

History

Special Olympics Netherlands is the sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities.

Special Olympics was founded on the initiative of Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921-2009), the sister of former American president John F. Kennedy.

She started organizing summer camps for people with intellectual disabilities in the United States in 1963.

The success of these summer camps led to the founding of Special Olympics Incorporated in 1968.

Special Olympics Inc. has grown into the world's largest sports

organization for people with intellectual disabilities:

every week more than 4 million athletes participate in sports in more than 190 countries,

supervised by millions of volunteers.

Would you like to know more about the origins of Special Olympics?

Disabled

* 1. Why do some people have a disability?

* 2. Different types of disabilities.

* 3. Mentally disabled? What is that!

* 4. Physically disabled.

* 5. Living with a disability.

* 6. Going to school.

* 7. Sports with a disability / Sports in a wheelchair.

* 8. At home or in an institution?

Foreword

We chose this topic because we liked it.

We just thought it was an interesting topic because we didn't know that much about it.

We find everything that has to do with illness and the body interesting.

1. Why do some people have a disability?

There are a lot of things that make people disabled or have become disabled.

This can happen because of an accident, for example a car accident.

An illness can also damage your body for the rest of your life.

For many of those dangerous diseases we get an injection,

a vaccination, so that we don't get those diseases.

But still, all sorts of things can happen that we can't do anything about.

Then something in your body has broken down so badly or

something isn't working properly that the doctors can't fix it anymore.

But it could also be that you were born that way and

that something went wrong while growing in your mother's womb.

So much happens in those nine months that you are in your mother's womb,

you grow from a small egg to a whole person.

But sometimes things go wrong.

2. Different types of disabilities

There are 3 different types of disabilities: Physical, mental and multiple disabilities.

* Physically disabled is when something is wrong with your body.

For example: your muscles do not work as they should, blindness and deafness, hard problems, and missing limbs, we mean arms or legs.

* And mentally when something is wrong with your brain.

With your brain, you learn and you can think.

But also everything is arranged in your brain so that the body works well.

* Multiple disabilities means that someone has a physical and mental illness.

Advantaged: someone with Down syndrome also very often has problems

with the heart, and they often do not hear well.

So they are doubly disabled, that means multiple.

Or someone has lost a leg in a car accident, but something in the brain has

also been damaged, so that he can no longer talk.

3. Mentally handicapped?

What is that?

Mentally handicapped means that your brain does not work so well.

They cannot think, learn and remember so well.

You are behind.

Everything you learn from birth then goes slower than

with a child who is not handicapped, for example: crawling, walking, counting, learning colours.

We go to group 3 as a matter of course.

Everyone learns to read, write and do arithmetic,

and even in groups 7 and 8 difficult books and sums.

After that, back to secondary education.

Learning even more.

But if you are mentally handicapped, it does not work like that.

From birth, these children cannot keep up.

They are always late, with everything.

And when they are perhaps 10 years old, they are still in group 2.

Learning colours and counting, shapes.

Some of these children still go to group 3 and learn to read and write, but not all of them.

There are also mentally handicapped people who never reach group 1.

They remain like a baby or a toddler and lie in bed all day or play on a big mat.

Their brains are not like ours.

They can't learn anything anymore, it's just too difficult.

But there are more types of mentally handicapped diseases.

But their bodies continue to grow, and they also become adults, real big people.

And then they may be 15, 20 or 50 years old, but they continue

to think and play like a toddler or a preschooler.

There is a lot of difference in level.

That means, how much they can learn.

One reaches group 3 and the other remains like a baby.

That's why it's a bit strange when you see a 40 year old man
enjoying himself and singing on a swing.

Or a 50 year old lady walking with a doll's pram.

But they are like that, they are just like toddlers.

If you have this disability, you are usually mentally handicapped from birth.

Something went wrong in the womb, where the baby grows in the mother.

This can be because something went wrong in the womb,

so that part of the brain does not work properly.

It can also be caused by taking too much medication during pregnancy.

But unfortunately doctors often do not know why the baby is damaged.

Of course the doctor is always very careful with medication, and they investigate many things.

It can also just be a mistake of nature.

You can also see that when you sow two of the same plants, one grows into a beautiful

big plant and the other lags behind. And why?

We do not always know.

Maybe the seed was not good enough, or the soil does not have enough nutrition for two plants.

So that the strongest plant has taken away the nutrition.

It can happen that you become mentally disabled by an illness,

for example an inflammation in your brain, or another serious illness that damages your brain.

Your brain is made of a very special kind of tissue, a kind of skin.

Once something is broken, it never grows back..

It can no longer heal, and can no longer be made.

Every part of your brain is needed for something, it regulates everything in your body.

4. Physically disabled

We know physically handicapped in

many different forms:

Motor handicapped:

people with a (disordered) disease in movement.

The muscles that do not do what you want.

The muscles are whole, tight and stiff, not relaxed and arms and legs swing around a bit.

They do not listen to you.

We call that spastic.

Your arms and legs do their own thing.

*Sensory handicapped: people with a disorder in seeing, hearing and/or speaking.

*We call this: blind, deaf, and people who cannot speak, we call dumb.

*Organ handicapped: people where an organ (heart, kidneys, lungs) does not work properly or not at all. This can also be very serious, which means that all kinds of special aids are needed,

and people cannot live like a healthy person.

*Multiple handicapped: people with a physical and a mental handicap.

So twice handicapped.

Spinal cord

injury

What is a spinal cord injury?

A spinal cord injury is actually nothing more than a broken back.

Your nerves run through your back and control everything in your body.

If this is broken somewhere, there is no more feeling

and movement possible in your body from that place.

Your legs can no longer carry you and you can no longer stand on them.

You then have to use a wheelchair.

You probably can't feel your urine either.

This is what we call paralyzed.

You can always have such an accident: for example,

an accident in traffic when you are hit by a bicycle.

At work, think of the construction workers on a scaffolding or when playing sports,

for example on winter sports or if you fall off a horse.

Most wheelchair users are not ill.

They are very normal, and can think normally, only their lower body no longer works.

You can also become paralyzed if you have brittle bones.

This means that you break your bones very quickly.

Other people have arthritis.

Then the bones and joints become so stiff that it hurts a lot when you move them.

In a severe form, you can barely walk.

Then you also have to use a wheelchair.

5. Living with a disability

Fortunately, there are many solutions for all types of disabilities.

Whether you are physically or mentally disabled, there is always a

way to make life as pleasant as possible.

First through the help of your parents, family, neighbors and acquaintances,

Someone with a disability often needs many adjustments to the interior of their home.

Thresholds have to be removed, the doors widened to make it easier to drive a wheelchair.

Or a room enlarged because there has to be a large hospital bed.

More and more disabled children and adults receive help at home.

This is a sister or brother who comes to help

you at home with what you cannot do yourself.

Taking a bath or taking care of your body,

or something related to the illness.

Someone can also come to help in the house,

cleaning for example.

If you are in a wheelchair you are not pitiful.

If you are in a wheelchair you should also go to school.

Most people who are in a wheelchair go to a special school.

Some people do not, they only sit in the classroom with a raised table.

Shopping centres also take this into account, there are lifts in shopping centres.

Wheelchairs are also made with a button that you can press t

o go up, which is useful at a traffic light for example,

because if you cannot reach it,

you can use that

special button to go up, so that you can reach it.

At home, you are usually also taken into account a lot.

In a house with stairs you can also have a special chair lift installed.

The toilet is a large space and has a high bowl with handles along it.

If people with a disability want to go on holiday, that is possible.

Usually they need some help with that.

Sometimes supervisors come along.

Various excursions are also organised by different organisations.

These are all people with the same type of illnesses, and a doctor

and a nurse go along to help the people if necessary.

6. To school

It is best for every child to grow up in their own environment as much as possible.

That is why we try to have children and young people with a disability go to the school “around the corner” with their neighbours as much as possible.

There are many types of schools in our country, also for children with a disability.

This is called special education.

Outside the ordinary.

If there are problems going to school at a regular school, a child can go to special education.

Schools for the mentally handicapped

m.l.k. or z.m.l.k.

The m.l.k school is an abbreviation for children with learning difficulties, the z.m.l.k school is

an abbreviation for children with very difficult learning.

At a school for children with very difficult learning, there are no lessons in

arithmetic and language like at our school.

This is too difficult for them. They do play a lot of games and tasks like in

groups 1 and 2 and play with all kinds of play materials.

This way they still learn all sorts of things.

The school can also take extra account by taking inclusive play into account.

At the m.l.k. school, most children can learn to read and write, but never more than what you learned in group 4.

They learn most through games, tasks and projects.

The children often go to the same school until they are 20, just like at the m.l.k.

There are also special schools for the physically handicapped.

For blind and deaf children there are schools that have all the resources needed for this disability.

The children are often definitely not dumber than others.

Sometimes even smarter because they always have to pay attention.

Concentration and perseverance are very important.

So they can learn a lot.

A blind child learns Braille.

This is a special way of reading with your fingers.

You feel on paper.

An alphabet that consists of symbols of dots that you can feel.

Think of a prick work from group 1 and 2.

They are not letters but other symbols.

There are school books and reading books, so that the children can still learn.

The typewriter of the past and the computer are also an easy device for a blind person.

Ever heard of touch typing?

Children also learn to walk with a blind cane at school.

Deaf children also learn to read and write and do arithmetic at school,

and all other subjects. You would think it is very normal.

But they have a different problem.

It is very difficult for them to talk.

They cannot hear themselves.

They do not know whether what they say is correct, they do not hear any sound.

They learn this at school.

With a special teacher who gives them speech lessons.

By standing in front of a mirror and looking at your mouth and your tongue.

This is how you learn how to pronounce a sound and a letter.

But you do not hear it yourself.

That is why a deaf person often speaks a bit strangely.

A deaf person also learns to read lips.

By looking very carefully at the mouth of another person, you can still understand what he is saying.

At both schools, for deaf and blind children, there are special teachers who help the children with their handicap.

You learn the alphabet with your fingers, the finger alphabet.

For the children it is also nice that there is a special school so that they still learn as much as possible.

They also learn to use certain aids that are available for the blind and deaf.

Of course it is nice to have friends with the same disability as you have.

Then you are not the only one with such a problem, and you can also have fun,

talking in sign language that no one understands.

The Mytyl

School

This is a school for children with a physical disability.

They often have a serious illness or physical abnormality.

A chronic illness, this is a long-term illness that is difficult or impossible to cure.

For example, muscular diseases, heart problems or lung diseases.

You also see children with multiple disabilities at this school.

Then they also have a mental disability.

The children learn as much as possible, but that is different for each child.

Each child has their own problem and illness, and each child can learn different things.

Usually there is also a rehabilitation center at a school.

This is a kind of hospital with all kinds of doctors who practice a lot

with the children and work on their illness.

Together with the teacher, they help the children learn as much as possible.

They are mostly concerned with their illness, and less with the lessons.

The children also stay here until they are 20 years old, and learn if possible to live alone.

7. Sports with a disability Sports

in a wheelchair

Disabled people also want to play sports, but that is often not possible in the way we do.

That is why there are special sports clubs for disabled people.

The members of these clubs play adapted sports.

Some sports do not need to be adapted at all.

Ever heard of the Paralympics?

Paralympics is a kind of Olympic Games but for physically disabled people, or for mentally disabled people.

Some adapted sports are:

For many sports such as wheelchair basketball, wheelchair hockey, wheelchair tennis, wheelchair badminton, wheelchair dancing, wheelchair handball, sitting volleyball, table tennis, judo, and more, adjustments are needed on

the field or to the rules of the game.

Non-adapted sports

Some sports can be played by disabled people just like we do.

Of course, that also depends on what kind of disability they have.

No adjustments are needed for mind sports such as checkers and chess.

But adjustments are not always needed for other sports, for example: Billiards, jeu de boules,

fishing, archery, shooting with a rifle, Yoga, swimming

8. Living at home or in an institution?

Most children continue to live at home if they can.

But sometimes that is not possible.

Then the illness or disability is so serious that the parents cannot care for the child day and night.

It is too difficult because of their disability. These children then live in a special house with carers.

We call this an institution.

It is also possible that the children occasionally go to such a house for a weekend or a holiday.

Just for the fun, because everything is adapted for them there and that is also nice sometimes.

They make friends with children who also have a disability.

There are also all kinds of associations that they can join, and all kinds of things are organised.

Some children always live there, even when they get older.

That is nice for them because they are never alone, and there is always help from the carers.

Of course there are different houses for different disabilities.

Interview

We had an interview with Jeroen from school.

He is mentally handicapped.

And works as a servant at our school.

*1.What kind of handicap do you have?

Independently handicapped.

* 2.Do you have a girlfriend?

Yes, Lucia.

* 3.Do you live with your parents?

Yes.

* 4.What do you do at school?

Helping Andrè and Wanda.

* 5.What do you like most at school?

Helping in the kitchen, making holes, folding books.

* 6.What do you find difficult?

Heavy work, such as lifting something, and I don't like that either.

* 7.Did you go to a special school before?

Yes, with children and teachers.

* 8.What are your hobbies?

Computers and reading.

* 9. Can you read and write? Yes

Jeroen always forgets the long and difficult words, or he says them wrong,

just like Independently handicapped.

Even when Wanda says, you have to wash the dishes in the kitchen first and then make holes

and then fold books, he forgets that.

He can only remember small short assignments.

And we also thought it was funny, when we asked, did you used to go to a special school?

Jeroen said, yes with children and teachers.

History of care: people with an intellectual disability

Introduction

In the Middle Ages, people were sometimes fools or it was thought that someone

with an intellectual disability was possessed by the devil.

Until the nineteenth century, people still thought very badly about people with an intellectual disability.

In those days, it was thought that ‘these’ people were stupid and unintelligent and therefore could do nothing.

Over the years, people have started to think differently about this and fortunately this is different today.

In the past, they were seen separately from people without an intellectual disability.

The compassion model (1850-1945)

Between 1850 and 1945, people with an intellectual disability lived separately from other people.

People believed at the time that society had to protect itself from these people because they were

unpredictable. However, they could work in institutions as cheap labour.

The medical model 1945-1960

After 1945, knowledge about the body and mind continued to grow.

In 1950, medicines were even introduced for the first time that made it a lot easier to

care for or help someone with an intellectual disability.

After 1945, people with an intellectual disability were no longer seen as people who

were mentally retarded and therefore could not do anything.

From that moment on, these people were seen as patients and no longer as someone

for whom society had to protect itself.

Now they were considered sick people.

The development model (1960-1970)

Things that were self-evident in this period, for example in institutions, were now changed.

For example, the place of doctors was taken by psychologists, which meant that more attention was paid to the behaviour of people with an intellectual disability.

From this moment on, more emphasis was also placed on equality and someone with an intellectual disability

was no longer seen as someone who was ill, but as someone who had a developmental delay.

People with an intellectual disability have just as much right to a normal life as anyone else

without a disability, this was also called the normalization idea.

This did not mean that they had to adapt completely to the harsh demands of society,

although some people thought that this should be the case.

The integration model (1970-1990)

The idea of normalisation caused more and more problems during this period.

Why did people with an intellectual disability always have to adapt?

Wouldn't it be better if this also applied the other way around?

The right to a life that is as normal as possible is of course a good thing,

but an intellectual disability could not be ignored.

Society had to start accepting people with a disability more.

They had to be able to participate in society without having to adapt to society,

this was also called the idea of integration.

From that moment on, residential homes for people with an intellectual disability

were built, not deep in the forest but in the middle of a residential area.

Instead of psychologists and pedagogues, parents and group leaders increasingly

came into the picture when it came to people with a disability.

The tailor-made care model (Since 1990)

Since 1990, people with an intellectual disability are no longer seen as a group.

Someone with an intellectual disability is just as much an individual as someone without

an intellectual disability and they too have the right to make their own choices.

Now, we look at what each person needs and no longer at a large group of people in general.

Also, we no longer look at what someone with an intellectual disability cannot do,

but instead look at what someone can do.

At the end of the eighteenth century, care for the disabled got off the ground in our country, although it

was still limited to the sensory impaired: in 1790, the institute for the deaf was opened in Groningen,

and in Amsterdam, the institute for the education of the blind was completed in 1808.

With regard to the motorically disabled, care only started in the second half of the nineteenth century:

in 1849, the Dr. Zander Institute was founded for a medical-mechanical method of healing

and “Krüppel Heime” for mutilated children were established.

In 1899, the association for the care of disabled and deformed children was founded,

which established homes for motorically impaired people,

such as the “Johanna Foundation” in 1900 and the “Adriaan Foundation” in 1912.

In the course of this century, more and more associations

and institutions were founded in our country that were concerned with the disabled.

To start with the upbringing and education of disabled children, but later disabled adults were also helped.

In 1927, the A.V.0. was founded: Ned. Ver. voor Gebrekkigen Zorg, “Work for the disabled”, which was later called “Actio Vincit Omnia”: “Ned. Association of social care for the disabled” – a shift in the attitude of society.

After the Second World War, numerous organisations were established that were involved

in all kinds of areas concerning the disabled, such as housing, education, work and leisure.

Mytyl schools (for physically disabled children) and Tytyl schools

(for multiply disabled children) were founded. Many of

these organisations joined the “Ned. Ver, voor Revalidatie” (N.V.R.).

Until 1970, there was virtually no say for the disabled.

Fortunately, a lot has changed for the better in the meantime, which is thanks to

these interest groups in which the disabled themselves are represented.

An interest group for the motorically disabled is the BOSK, the Association

that works for parents of motorically disabled children.

The Association has 4,000 members and exchanges experiences from parent to parent.

Discussion groups and family weeks are organised, because if parents can tell their disabled children

how to deal with their disability, a lot has already been achieved.

There are now approximately 23 regional departments and for each type of disability there is

a separate working group, which reports in the 3-monthly periodical BOSK-NIEUWS.

In addition to being a service provider, the Association is also a referrer and is also involved in contacts with Emancipation Affairs in connection with the great disadvantages that disabled people experience.

In 1977 they united in the “Stichting Nederlands Gehandicaptenraad” (Dutch Council for Disabled People)

and in 1980 the 1st Information Fair for Disabled People was organised as a manifestation

of the awareness process that was taking place in the disabled world.

This has led to an increasing demand for aids and for better facilities in every area.

The year 1981 was declared “International Year of Disabled People” by the United Nations.

Legislation – Disability laws

The Accident Act was introduced in 1901.

An extension of this took place in 1921 in favour of the working population.

Since 1 July 1967, the Disability Act (WAO) has been in force

and on 1 October 1976, the General Disability Act (AAW) was added.

The aim of both laws is to insure Dutch residents against the financial consequences of long-term disability.

The AAW also includes provisions for providing rehabilitation facilities to improve living conditions.

The AAW, unlike the WAO, which is an employee insurance, is

a national insurance that applies to all residents up to the age of 65.

With the exception of married housewives and widows, unless there is a loss of income.

However, there is now a change in legislation.

The AAW is a so-called basic provision and is generally at the level of the social minimum.

People are “estimated”, i.e. they are estimated to be able to perform any work performance

depending on the percentage disability of 25 – 80%.

HISTORY OF THE MENTALLY MENTALLY MENTALLY AND

MENTALLY MENTALLY CARE IN THE NETHERLANDS

After the Second World War: expanding care and increasing isolation

From 1945 onwards, care for the mentally handicapped expanded enormously.

More and more institutions were established and more and more people were admitted.

The institutions met a great social need: in the fifties, the family ideology dominated

and it was considered better for the family to place a handicapped child away from home.

In the context of reconstruction, it was also useful to have a 'storage place' for the socially useless.

The institution developed into a separate 'system'.

Separate facilities also increased in the areas of education and work.

The apartheid system and the treatment of the mentally handicapped led to isolation,

deviant behaviour, labelling and stigmatisation.

This also had consequences for the self-image of the mentally handicapped.

The emphasis was on their shortcomings.

There was hardly any contact with the outside world

and interaction with fellow citizens was virtually impossible.

There was no integration.

Until the sixties, the medical aspect was dominant.

Doctors and nurses worked in the institution.

There was a hospital atmosphere; the mentally handicapped is sick, a patient and needs nursing.

This was partly due to the discovery of biochemical and hereditary causes of mental handicap

(such as the metabolic disease phenylketonuria and Down syndrome).

Perhaps treatable diseases?

Parents were completely sidelined at that time.

They only visited their sick child.

In the institution, far from civilization.

Mentally handicapped children were the problem children of society...

In the fifties and sixties, parents of handicapped children organized themselves.

They set up parent associations to look after their own interests and those of their children.

To this day, parent associations play an important role in the development of care for the mentally handicapped.

After 1945, specialized social work for families with a mentally handicapped child was developed.

At the Social Pedagogical Services, parents could obtain advice and information

about the possibilities of the care system for the mentally handicapped.

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