The wheelchair basketball team of San Juan del Río is an option for the community with little or no mobility in the legs to exercise and build community, so its members invited them to join the training on Saturdays at 5 in the afternoon in the sports Maquio.
In order for people in wheelchairs to gain independence, achieve spaces adapted to their mobility and benefit from sport, the club promotes adapted basketball.
Accompanied by their families and friends, the players pave the way in the sport of inclusion, forming part of the International Movement of People with Disabilities.
Although there is no history of a wheelchair basketball team, they seek to leave a legacy and that children and young people have greater opportunities.
Without having adequate wheelchairs for basketball, but with great enthusiasm the players lay the foundations of this team, requesting that politicians, businessmen turn to see them and can support them with sponsorships.
José Juan Pérez Feregrino reported that the project is for more people to join. The athlete has represented the state in two nationals with Querétaro, he pointed out that due to talent and desire, the ideal that San Juan del Río has a representative for the different tournaments does not stop.
In addition to seeking better conditions in San Juan del Río for the community with a disability, the members want inclusion practices to be carried out in the 18 municipalities of the state, since many times society does not even know what a disability is, they explained. those of the movement.
With the support of the sports management, of the Blessing of Love organization, who through the collection of recyclable materials obtain resources to make wheelchairs, they continue to move forward. Also from the Independent Living Association who provides care to people, relatives with an amputation, injury on how to carry out their activities.
