On November 18, the Institute of Social Technologies of NSTU NETI held an opening ceremony of a center for methodological and practical classes in adaptive physical education.
The physical education gym was renovated and equipped thanks to the sponsors: Irina Didenko, Novosibirsk Oblast Legislative Assembly Deputy, and her husband, Igor Didenko, president of the Novosibirsk Oblast Federation of Sports for Persons with Musculoskeletal System Disorders.
The guests of the event were the Didenkos, Nina Shalabaeva, Commissioner for Human Rights of Novosibirsk Oblast, Tatyana Esipova, Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Novosibirsk Oblast, and Dmitry Sedov, Director of the Center for Adaptive Physical Culture and Sports of Novosibirsk.
The opening ceremony was held in a festive atmosphere, students of the Department of Special Pedagogy prepared sports and creative performances for the guests, as well as expressed gratitude for the help in preparing a new sports ground.
At the end of the event, Elena Traul'ko, Deputy Director for Academic Affairs of IST NSTU, presented students with golden GTO badges.
"We have been cooperating with the Institute of Social Technologies for a long time," said Igor Didenko, President of the Federation of Sports of Persons with Musculoskeletal Disorders of Novosibirsk Oblast. "And I don't like to say that we assist IST, more correctly, it's a joint work. At least 30% of the students have disabilities, and there will always be a field of activity that greatly needs companions and like-minded people. And as we have seen today, it responds with sincere joy in the children's eyes, it helps them feel like people with unlimited possibilities. The management of the Institute plans the substantive component of our participation, and our task is to find financial resources."
Irina Didenko, a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Novosibirsk Oblast, has emphasized that the support of inclusive education occupies an important place in the deputy's work. "The Institute of Social Technologies and Rehabilitation is the educational institution that not only accepts and trains children with disabilities but also graduates specialists who will work with the kids with the same problems in the future," she emphasized. "There is a creative association "White Sparrow" here, we include their performances in the program of ordinary concerts, first of all, for Victory Day, and this causes positive emotions of the audience, to the point of tears. As for the gym that we have opened today, I have taken the initiative and helped establish a dialogue between those who could equip it and those who can help financially."