"The Politecnico di Milano aspires to be an increasingly welcoming place, where each member of the community can feel their uniqueness and that of others respected and valued, and where inequalities and stereotypes are actively fought against. It also aims to contribute to creating a more inclusive society through scientific and technological innovation."
- 2023-2025 Strategic Plan of Politecnico di Milano
The Politecnico di Milano strongly believes in the value of inclusion, a key element of the strategic sustainability plan for the 2023-2025 triennium. Strengthening inclusion both within and outside our community is therefore a priority for us, and one of the ways we have chosen to do this is through theuniversal language of sport.
Polimi Parasports For All will be a day dedicated to parasports at the Giuriati Sports Center, free and open for all. Participants will have the opportunity to try various sports guided by competent associations. It will be a unique opportunity to experience firsthand the sporting activities of people with disabilities, creating an environment of integration and exchange, as well as an opportunity for people with disabilities to try new parasports.
The registration is open to everyone, kids included.
The event is organized by the Politecnico di Milano in collaboration with Fondazione Cariplo as part of the European Day of Foundations.
The sports program
| Time | Parasports | Location |
| 10:00-16:00 | Blind Climbing | Climbing wall |
| Blind Baseball | Rugby | Soccer Field | |
| Paralympic Athletics | Athletics Track | |
| Handbike | Athletics Track | Outside | |
| Wheelchair Hockey | Athletics Track | Outside | |
| Blind Tennis | Padel Court | |
| 5-A-Side Football | 5-a-side Football Field | |
| Para Archery [NEW] | 5-a-side Football Field | |
| Calisthenics [NEW] | Calisthenics area | |
| Blind Chess | Arena Foyer | |
| 10:00-11:30 | Volleyball | Arena |
| 11:30-13:00 | Bocce | Arena |
| Wheelchair Fencing | Arena | |
| Rhythmic Gymnastics | Arena | |
| 13:00-14:30 | Baskin | Arena |
| 14:30-16:00 | Wheelchair Rugby | Arena |
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Within the Giuriati Sports Center, a dedicated area will be set up for the presentation of a selection of research projects from the Politecnico di Milano focusing on sports and disability.
The university's researchers will present prototypes and artifacts from their work to the public.
ACCEPT: an adapted, sensorized, reconfigurable, and interactive wall, optimized for climbing by children with Cerebral Palsy.
Active: a platform for active ageing, which, through a dedicated application with a smartwatch, allows you to stay fit and improve your eating habits.
ActivE³: a project aiming to bring sports into elementary schools so that all children can have the opportunity to experience sports regardless of their physical or cognitive challenges.
ACTS | A Chance Through Sport: a project that brings sports and physical education to correctional institutions.
BUDD-e: a project for an autonomous robotic device, assistive for blind individuals.
FESleg: a project aiming to develop new rehabilitation/sports paradigms involving lower limbs by combining functional electrical stimulation (FES) with cycling (FES-bike).
MW: a modular, multiparametric wearable system for monitoring and assessing rehabilitation activities and reintegrating people into the workforce.
TWIN | Trekking, Walking and cycling for Inclusion: a territorial regeneration model that combines slow tourism, architectural recovery, and social inclusion.
TWISTR: a personal parametric cane (with kinect and grasshopper) created by Polifactory, featuring a 3D-printed carbon structure.
UNPark | Urban Nudging Park: a feasibility study exploring scenarios for transforming parking spaces under the Serra-Monte Ceneri Overpass into a multifunctional, universally accessible area.
SERVICES
In addition to the opportunity to freely try all the available parasports guided by competent associations, the following facilities will be available to all participants and accessible even with a wheelchair:
- Changing rooms
- Restrooms
- Refreshment area, where it will be possible to purchase food and drinks."
