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Barrier free-living with music

2023-1-FR02-KA152-YOU-0001132302023Mobility of young peopleongoingGood practice
Countries: FR|MK|RO|TR|BG|ES|HU · Grant: €27,763
Inclusion of marginalised young peopleDisabilitiesPromotion of alternative forms of participation

Objectives

People who are unable to participate effectively in society on equal terms with other individuals due to their losses at various levels in their physical, spiritual, mental and emotional abilities and who are affected by environmental conditions are called disabled. It is estimated that more than a billion people worldwide are disabled, while this number corresponds to 15 percent of the world's population. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is known that the number of disabled people worldwide exceeds 1 billion, and about 4 out of every 5 disabled people live in developing countries. 27% of them are between the ages of 0- 21, 36% between the ages of 22-49, and 37% between the ages of 50-64. Approximately 190 millions aged 15 and over around the globe have significant difficulties with functional movements and need routine health services. In the European Union, the number of disabled society members between the 15 and 64 who have basic activity problems is 44 million and the number of citizens with fewer opportunities who faced limitation in work opportunities due to a lifelong health problem is approximately 35 million. People with disabilities in many parts of the world are exposed to multiple rights violations such as violence, abuse, prejudice and ill-treatment. Based on this information, it is seen that there is a worldwide failure in the participation and employment of disabled people in social life. The main problems experienced by people with disabilities can be summarized in five main groups as exclusion, accessibility, education, employment and health. Music has a common language of sensation, regardless of country, language, religion, race. The concept of music occupies a very important place in our emotional and psychological life and undertakes a very important task in expressing our emotions. Music is effective in the socialization of people with disabilities, their ability to participate in society, the development of hand and eye coordination ability, the development of mental, linguistic, psychomotor skills. Because music education offers a disabled person a unique type of experiment that will enrich his auditory intelligence, whether he plays a musical instrument or uses his voice, where he can express his thoughts and feel his emotions. (Bloomfield, 2000; Akt.Akyüzlüer, 2007). Music education enables individuals with disabilities to have different experiences by providing environmental and responsibility awareness. Therefore, musical activities that will be run together with disabled people will contribute to their social, physical and mental development, as well as improve their self-confidence in other areas where they feel a lack of self-confidence. As can be seen, there are unsolvable problems related to people with disabilities around the world, and the role of music in solving these problems has been proven. Based on all this data, the aim of the project is to unite people of all ages without disabilities with music, which is a universal communication tool, and to increase the active citizenship of people with disabilities. The specific objectives of the project are as follows; 1. To inform young people about the rights of people with disabilities and to increase their motivation in this regard by taking music as a tool 2. Making use of the unifying power of music regardless of country, language, religion, race, disability to enable disabled people to participate in society and socialize 3. Teaching young people how to use music and rhythm to integrate people with disabilities into society 4. To introduce European and Erasmus opportunities to all young people regardless of his they have a disadvantage/disability or not.

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