chennai the tamil nadu differently abled federation charitable trust held their annual state level sports meet on saturday more than with disabilities from across the state participated minister for tamil official language and tamil culture k pandiarajan presided over the event those participating in paralympics win more medals than anybody else we must encourage more people to participate in such events and allocate a special budget for them he saidthe 18th annual event had over 72 games for people with various disabilities they were seen participating in wheelchair racing kabaddi sitting volleyball and wheelchair shot put among otherswhile they all do very well in various sports events they are left unrecognised by the state bodies said d ponnusamy secretary of the trust he pointed to a list of requests which they will soon be submitting to the authorities concerned we first need subsidy for disabled sports persons in buying sports equipment and have specially designed wheelchairs at nominal rates the second demand is that all sport development authority tamil nadu grounds must be disabled friendly and free to conduct sporting events for them he saidponnusamy further insisted that the state must recognise disabled sportsperson whove won medals in international sporting events they participate in various events but the recognition they get from the state is nothing when compared to what the others get we want the state to regulate the various disability rights groups that promote sports persons and treat them as equals by allocating a special budget that they can benefit from said ponnusamy