The Legacy and Sustainability plan for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games — 74 • ENCOURAGING PEOPLE NOT INVOLVED IN SPORT TO TAKE IT UP Sports participation among people with disabilities Sport is important for social inclusion, happiness and health, but it can be difficult for many people with disabilities to access. Paris 2024 wants to help break these down these barriers by helping create parasports departments and training leaders and instructors in regular clubs to accommodate and lead people with disabilities. According to a 2019 study commissioned by Paris 2024 on the barriers to and instruments of sports participation among people with disabilities 19 : 38 % OF MEMBERS struggled to practise at a club. Of them: ONLY 1/3 rd OF STAFF in clubs associated with specialised sports federations had taken disability-related training 47,2 % OF SPORTS CLUBS ASSOCIATED WITH GENERALIST SPORTS FEDERATIONS do not have any staff that have taken disability-related training 50,5 % OF MEMBERS say their main priority is having staff that have received training regarding the various types of disability 34 % mentioned the difficulty of finding a club adapted for their disability 26 % said they worried about other people’s attitudes to their disability 22 % said that there was not enough information about the services available 19. Study on the barriers to and instruments of sports participation among people with disabilities conducted in 2019 by the Observatory for Research on Mega-Events and commissioned by Paris 2024.