Hosting a wonderful competition, participating in a brilliant career, and adding luster to the cause, the Municipal Disabled Persons’ Federation answered the “examination paper” of the Asian Paralympic Games with great effort
Hangzhou Daily News Sports is a beacon, guiding the disabled to find meaning in life; sports are a stage, helping disabled people integrate into society; sports are a mirror, reflecting the happiness and temperature of the city.
Hangzhou is a paradise, with beautiful landscapes and flourishing humanities. Listening carefully, the “footsteps” of the Hangzhou Asian Games and the Asian Paralympic Games are approaching, and the atmosphere is getting stronger. When the golden osmanthus is fragrant, the two wonderful sports and cultural events are about to open. Right now, the Municipal Disabled Persons’ Federation is going all out for the Asian Games and the Asian Paralympic Games to prepare for the decisive battle, ensure the participation, improve the barrier-free environment of the whole city, and carry out various cultural and sports activities for the disabled to welcome the grand event.
To run the Hangzhou Asian Games and the Asian Paralympic Games at a high level is a major political task assigned by the Party Central Committee to Hangzhou. For the 230,000 disabled friends in Hangzhou, the Asian Paralympic Games is a new window for the integration of the disabled and the disabled and to showcase the comprehensive development achievements of the disabled in Hangzhou. Wealth together” and the construction of a new paradise for shared happiness are painted with colorful backgrounds.
Quickly prepare for the battle, and build a high-level sports highland for the disabled
“The two Asian Games are equally exciting”, the Hangzhou Asian Paralympic Games is a grand event that is brave and forging ahead, and it is also a broad stage for disabled athletes to pursue their dreams and communicate and share.
“I hope all compatriots participating in the Asian Paralympic Games will break through themselves and show their style on the field.” She just won two bronze medals in the women’s long distance (seated group) and women’s short distance (sitting group) in cross-country skiing at the Winter Paralympics. Li Panpan, a disabled athlete from Hangzhou, sent a message to the disabled athletes in preparation.
Li Panpan is the first Hangzhou-born athlete to participate in the Winter Paralympic Games, and the first athlete to win a Winter Paralympic medal for Zhejiang Province and Hangzhou City. This beautiful-faced Hangzhou girl is born with tenacity. She was selected for the Chinese cross-country skiing team for the disabled in 2018. After 4 years of training, she obtained a ticket to participate in the Beijing Winter Paralympics.
For Li Panpan, the whole preparation process was not easy. Every morning, I get up at 6:40, have breakfast at 7:00, and train from 8:30 to 12:00 noon. In the afternoon, in addition to installing cross-country skiing equipment, Li Panpan also trains herself for an hour and a half. She doesn’t stop even when her teammates are resting in the evening. She has to ski about 25 kilometers a day, and the longest time is 30 kilometers. In the end, she won two bronze medals and a “fourth place” in the Beijing Winter Paralympics.
Behind the praise is the hard work day after day, and sprinting into competitive sports is the glory and dream of all disabled athletes like Li Panpan. On October 9 this year, athletes from 44 countries and regions will gather in Hangzhou to compete for 564 gold medals.
Take the stage to win glory and make contributions to the Asian Games. On March 9 this year, the Municipal Disabled Persons’ Federation issued the “Six Action Plans to Welcome the Asian Games on the Road to Wealth”, mobilizing the whole city’s Disabled Persons’ Federation system and disabled groups to participate in the preparations for the Asian Games. At present, Hangzhou is speeding up the selection, selection, preparation and service guarantee of Asian Paralympic athletes.
“At present, there are 146 disabled athletes in the provincial team training, including 55 athletes from Hangzhou. The national training team is expected to be formed in June, and the athletes who won the gold medal of the 11th National Paralympic Games in 2021 are expected to be selected.” Yang Jian of the Sports Department of the Provincial Center for Disabled Persons, said that Hangzhou disabled athletes are expected to win gold in swimming, weightlifting, cycling, and gateball for the blind. Athletes are currently preparing for battle, training six days a week for five or six hours a day.
Compared with able-bodied people, these disabled athletes have to overcome the difficulties caused by physical disabilities in the training camp. “For example, severely disabled athletes with high paraplegia cannot sweat due to damage to their nervous systems. During training, they can only cool down by physical means such as spraying ice water and fans. Every day, they also need to get up at least 1 hour earlier to take a shower and do a good job before training. preparations.” In Yang Jian’s eyes, the event at the door of the house is of great significance, and every disabled athlete is waiting for his own highlight.
“Hangzhou will seize the opportunity of the Asian Paralympic Games to build a high-level sports highland for the disabled.” The relevant person in charge of the Municipal Disabled Persons’ Federation said that there are more than 1,000 disabled athletes in Hangzhou. The three teams of sports workers adhere to the “event + training” selection mechanism, and make every effort to send outstanding athletes and coaches to the national and provincial teams for training and competition. At the same time, strengthen the “three guarantees” support mechanisms such as team guarantee, incentive guarantee, and participation guarantee, and encourage disabled athletes to constantly surpass themselves and create history in international and domestic competitions.
Help smooth and unobstructed, and encourage special groups to go out of their homes to enjoy the event
Run a meeting well and upgrade a city. At present, many places in Hangzhou are undergoing changes due to the preparation of the Asian Paralympic Games, which will bridge the digital divide and bring convenience to the special groups living in this city.
In May last year, Fuyang District took the lead in piloting the smart scene application of “One Map of Barrier-Free Environment” in the city, allowing disabled groups to take a ride on technology and travel with a sense of safety. In June this year, this digital intelligence application will be launched in Hangzhou.
“I am inconvenient to move, and I had to bring a guide dog when I went out.” Xiao Cai is a piano tuner lawyer for the blind. She has to go out almost every day. convenient. Now, she only needs to open the Chunya barrier-free map APP in her mobile phone and use voice navigation to achieve accurate and safe travel. “The previous map navigation was seriously deviated, but now the destination is entered by voice, and this APP can cooperate with the blind road and accurately guide my travel direction, allowing me to walk more steadily.”
Even at the crossroads, Xiao Cai did not panic. “Several important intersections are equipped with traffic lights and cross-street speakers. When I am about 50 meters away from the intersection, the Chunya Barrier-Free Map APP on my smartphone will interact with the bluetooth signal, triggering the traffic lights and crossing the street. The sound will sound.”
Travel without hindrance is the vision of every disabled friend to go out of the house and enjoy the Asian Games together. As an important part of the barrier-free environment construction, “One Map for Barriers” fully guarantees the basic travel needs of vulnerable groups, making Hangzhou, the city of happiness, more open and inclusive.
“We form a barrier-free database by collecting data from the city’s main roads, squares, parks and other green spaces, office services, hospitals, stadiums, stations, places and other public buildings, and enter the basic compliance data into the map platform to form a display for display. , barrier-free map for query. On this basis, provide the optimal planning path for vulnerable groups, and realize barrier-free navigation and search services for people with visual impairment, physical impairment and other needs.” Member of the Municipal Disabled Persons’ Federation Party Group, second-level inspector Yi Liangcheng said so.
At present, “One Map for Barriers” has collected more than 100,000 system data on 4,670 public buildings, 3,300 kilometers of pedestrian roads, and 70,000 road facilities. At the end of this year, based on the collection of original facilities, Hangzhou will build a barrier-free digital cockpit and barrier-free communication service platform, and basically realize barrier-free navigation services.
Help the disabled and love Hangzhou. The achievements of the three-year action on building a barrier-free environment have been practiced in all aspects of Hangzhou. On the road to common prosperity, Hangzhou’s joint efforts to promote the happiness of the disabled is truly palpable.
In order to solve the problem of people with hearing impairments participating in society, Hangzhou is increasing the deployment of 200 points of the “Sister Sign Language” translation system; creating 15 provincial barrier-free communities, improving the construction level of 81 barrier-free communities; promoting disabled families Renovate 1,000 households; promote the experience progress of more than 100 projects of barrier-free experience supervisors, including barrier-free supervision of Asian Games venues and the surrounding one kilometer, to escort the Asian Paralympic Games; actively build 138 barrier-free demonstration sites for the The Asian Paralympic Games provides barrier-free points for display and communication.
A strong atmosphere of the event, leading more disabled people to “sing” for self-improvement
“Meet the hearts, the dreams shine”, the Hangzhou Asian Paralympic Games is a grand event full of passion and hand in hand. Inspired by the spirit of sportsmanship, the atmosphere of the Hangzhou Asian Games has become increasingly strong. More disabled people stand up, go out, contribute to the society, and continue to “sing” for self-improvement.
“Seeing the sassy and heroic appearance of the Beijing Winter Olympic athletes and the beautiful demeanor of the volunteers of the Olympic Games on TV, I thought that I must strive to become a volunteer and participate in this grand event on my doorstep.” February 14 this year , at the interview and selection site of the representative group of volunteers in the first Hangzhou Asian Games and Asian Paralympic Games, Xiao Shen, a 28-year-old girl from Linping District, introduced herself in fluent English.
Xiao Shen is a grade 4 physically disabled person who has studied in the UK for 5 years and has many years of volunteer service experience. She is looking forward to the selection of volunteers participating in the Asian Games this time: “I hope I can give full play to my volunteering experience and English advantages, and use my most professional ability to serve this competition.”
Since the recruitment of volunteers for the Asian Games started on May 22 last year, a total of 35 disabled persons have been interviewed and selected through self-reporting in the early stage and recommendation and screening of various districts, counties (cities). Among them, the youngest is 20 years old and the oldest is 40 years old, and more than 95% of them have a college degree or above. In half a day, the interviewers assessed the applicant’s ability and quality from various aspects such as foreign language speaking, image etiquette, psychological quality and comprehensive quality, and finally pre-admitted 25 disabled people to become Asian Games volunteers.
The Hangzhou Asian Paralympic Games is a grand event for the disabled throughout Asia, carrying the pursuit of a better life and the dream of a wonderful life for disabled friends. In the golden autumn, how can the 230,000 special groups in Hangzhou feel the joy of the Asian Games together?
“Since 2019, in conjunction with the Special Olympics Day, Fitness Week, Cultural Week and other nodes, the city’s Disabled Persons’ Federation has organized colorful and diverse activities for the disabled to publicize the Asian Paralympic Games using culture, sports and art as a carrier.” The relevant person in charge said that last year, the Municipal Disabled Persons’ Federation actively created the brand of “Welcome to the Asian Games and Love to Hundreds and Tens of Thousands”, organized 100 events, visited 1,000 disabled families, and used the spirit of the Asian Games as a carrier of “love”. It has been passed on to tens of thousands of disabled friends, and more than 300 “Asian Games Four Progress” activities have been carried out, with more than 20,000 people participating.
In order to stimulate the participation of disabled friends, the Municipal Disabled Persons’ Federation has also successively held activities to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party and the 31st National Day of Helping the Disabled, the “Welcome to Asian Disabled” Unified Games and the 15th “National Special Olympics Day” activities, “Meet the Disabled” Asian Disabled, Wealthy and Artistic” Hangzhou Disabled Persons’ Culture and Art Selection and Exhibition Activities, “Learn Sign Language, Cultivate Love, Welcome the Asian Games” and “Welcome to Asian Disabled, Inclusive and Shared” Rehabilitation Sports into Disabled Families (Disabled Homes) , and docked with the public welfare action project of “Finding 2022 Asian Games Dreams”. At the end of February this year, the 4th “The Most Beautiful Hangzhou People – Top 10 Disabled People” and the 5th “The Most Beautiful People with Disabilities” in Hangzhou have also launched the selection, and selected models among the vast number of disabled people and disabled people to showcase the disabled in Hangzhou. The spirit of the whole society and the atmosphere of helping the disabled.
Source: Hangzhou Daily Author: Reporter Chai Yueying / Wen reporter Zhang Zhibing / Photo Editor: Chen Dong