Make Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024 Inclusive Games, such was the promise of the Paris 2024 application committee and the organizing committee. An exciting promise, a daring challenge … The result, in fact, could be catastrophic for people with disabilities. A year and a half of the Paris 2024 games, and while Olympic bill must be debated in Parliament in the coming days, it is clear that a disaster scenario is emerging for people with disabilities. If no concrete and funded commitment is made, the 250,000 visitors with disabilities around the world expected will not be able to attend these games in decent conditions, or even will be able to attend at all.
Three years ago, the Paris 2024 project, with a view to “inheritance” of games and a sustainable strategy, struck hard, announcing games “to inspire”, “to include”, ” To develop society “,” exemplary games in terms of universal accessibility “. And our association is committed to participating fully in the success of these inclusive games. These Olympics are indeed an exceptional development opportunity for France with economic, social, societal and territorial impacts for all, because if our country had already hosted the summer Olympic Games almost a hundred years ago, C ‘is a first for paralympic games.
Paris 2024 was a chance for people with disabilities. A chance for the accessibility of public transport and public places, to promote the sporting practice of these people, for their visibility in society; A chance to finally build a company open to all, where each one has a place. Should we talk about this ambition in the past? The question arises as the account is not there!
A first false note
Thousands of people with disabilities will not be able to buy a ticket due to too low a number of places reserved for wheelchair people in stadiums or stands. For ceremonies, for example, the percentage of selected places seems to be the international standard (0.8 %) and not the French standard (2 %). Thousands of spectators with disabilities cannot be welcomed in Paris, the assistance devices at the station or at the airport being already saturated, without exceptional device planned. Thousands of spectators with disabilities cannot be accommodated in Paris, the number of suitable rooms being notoriously insufficient, despite the regulatory obligations, not to mention prices …
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