Esporte adaptado de alto rendimento praticado por pessoas com deficiência: relatos de atletas paraolímpicos

• Autor(a) principal: Teodoro, Célia Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações do Mackenzie
• Texto Completo: http://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/22523
• topic: pessoas com deficiência; esporte adaptado; esporte de alto rendimento; disability people; adapted sport; high level sport; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA

The purpose of this study was to identify, describe and analyze the conditions that make things more difficult or easier found in the practice of sport activities by people with vision and physical impairment that became high level athletes. For such, a qualitative research of exploratory nature was performed, consisting in the application of a semi-structured interview with five paralympic athletes living in the city of São Paulo. The analysis of the data showed that rehab is a mean that benefits the entrance in the adapted sport driving disability people to high level sport. However, from the moment that they begin to practice a sport, since the physical education classes until the moment that they are called to the Paralympics, they face many difficulties with the adapted sport, appropriate places to train, prejudice, financial problems, lack of prepare from professionals, among others. In relation to the eases found to reach the Paralympics, they all state that they do not exist, however in the testimonials some evidences of situations that benefit the practice of sport activities are found, such as family support, financial support offered by the government, among others. The data showed that although the difficulties to the practice of adapted sports are much greater than the eases pointed by the athletes it is possible to overcome them. Nevertheless, the need to divulge high level sport to all society and also a greater interest of our rulers in the accomplishment of our laws that might benefit impaired people that practice sports and those who want to practice them.