Physical elements of exercise spaces: improving facilities and increasing accessibility. ©Idida
Through many rejections, I have become clearly aware that people with disabilities face greater restrictions and difficulties in being able to enjoy exercise.
Exercise is a great way to keep your body and mind healthy and rejuvenated, but for people with disabilities, achieving this comes with additional challenges and limitations. These include accessibility issues, the need for assistive devices, or inadequate design of existing physical exercise facilities or programs. So I thought I needed to find a way to enjoy exercise.
Current culture and sports facilities are designed without considering people with disabilities. We felt the need to improve this aspect and create an environment where disabled people can also exercise. And he believed this would create a more socially inclusive and equitable environment.
Even in Seoul, the capital of South Korea and a cultural and economic center, there was still a lack of facilities for people with disabilities. As I looked out the window, I thought deeply about this reality. I gained a deeper understanding of the reality of people with disabilities.
They faced greater restrictions and difficulties in being able to enjoy exercise. This has gone beyond the simple enjoyment of exercise and led to the reality of experiencing social alienation and abandonment. Even in the world-famous city of Seoul, there were still not enough facilities for people with disabilities. I recognized these problems more clearly, such as the lack of accessibility for people with mobility difficulties, the lack of specific facilities for disabled people or the absence of exercise programs in which disabled people can participate.
He believed that the society to which he belonged should strive to create an environment that could guarantee equal opportunities and free activity for all. This was a task that required not only the improvement of sports facilities, but also broader social awareness and political efforts.
We will devote more attention and effort to this purpose and believe in the possibility of bringing hope and change to people experiencing social alienation through the movement. However, the people around him did not understand the plan and sometimes even laughed at it.
I also had a stronger passion for the saying, “There’s a reason other people don’t do things.” Rather, he believed that someone had to start this work, and that someone was himself. Although many people didn’t understand or support his dream, I was determined to pursue my aspirations. It was my responsibility to accept this challenge and I believed that the challenge would bring new possibilities and hope.
I gathered my courage and decided. I embarked on the path of starting a business to pioneer the disability movement market and provide opportunities for hope to socially marginalized people. The decision had the great dream of bringing about social change beyond just sports facilities.
Many challenges and difficulties awaited this decision. For the first time it was a start-up process with lack of capital and no experience. Furthermore, it was not easy to pioneer a new market aimed at socially marginalized people. But I had already decided. I was determined to overcome any challenge or difficulty that came my way.
“Yes I will”. I strengthened my resolve and moved forward. Determination was like a spark that gave me the strength to start the center. To this end, we have worked day and night and have not given up despite unprecedented challenges. She continued to move forward to realize her dream and, as a result, successfully founded a center that offers new hope and opportunities to people with disabilities.
This isn’t just a story about starting a business. It is a story of passion and determination to make a dream come true. The dream that was supposed to come true even in the dark blue ocean has now become reality. I walked that difficult journey with passion and perseverance towards my dream.
The center you start is not only important for realizing your dream. It will provide hope and opportunity to more people with disabilities. The center will present new possibilities to disabled people as a space where they can demonstrate their abilities and develop independence as masters of their own lives. This isn’t just the end of a startup, but the beginning of broader social change.
I believe we have demonstrated the commercial potential of barrier-free fitness centers that can be used by both disabled and non-disabled people in private sports facilities. Through the centre, we have tried to offer new opportunities and free activities to people experiencing social alienation. We believe that, in this way, private sports facilities can respect social inclusion and diversity and fulfill broader social responsibilities.
Through these developments, we hope to lead private sports facilities to develop together as partners in barrier-free fitness. The goal is to create an environment where disabled and non-disabled people can exercise together and improve their health through joint efforts and cooperation.
Through these efforts, we hope to help create a more socially inclusive world. Together with everyone working together, it will move towards a better future where both disabled and non-disabled people can live healthy and happy lives.
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