"Exercising the Right to Exercise: for People with Disabilities"

People in group homes, are more likely to go places if housemates also want to go to the same place. Attendant care time may not be able to include driving someone to and from a gym. So how can people with disabilities participate in a fitness program? If one does not exist in your neighborhood that's okay. It is not necessary for people to walk, run, bike, buy fancy equipment or even put in a fitness video. Any type of physical movement counts as exercise. Just vacuuming, washing the floor, lifting weights (that are cans of food) all count as exercise and if done at least 30 minutes a day counts. A second way is to create a fitness program in an independent living center. This does not require fancy expensive equipment either and creates social opportunities. Yoga does not require anything but a floor mat to sit on. Stretching muscles is also simple to teach however, the person leading the group should have some formal background. Just by virtue of having a disability, talk to your doctor when doing anything that effects the body.