A inserção da atividade física no cotidiano da criança com deficiência física: perspectiva do contexto familiar

Abstract

This study has as purpose to check physical activity insertion in children with physical disability in daily tasks, through the parents and child´s perspective. Therefore, the group comprised a congenital physical disabled child, female gender, and her parents. In order to develop this study we used as instruments two models of questionnaires with parents and a semi-structured interview with the child. The 'Questionnaire 1,' was applied to the mother, with the goal to know the reality through topics: child identification data, school, leisure, vacation and physical activity, while the ‘Questionnaire 2’ was answered individually by the father and by the mother, and targeted to corroborate and complement the first as well as the interview. The interview applied to the child had established a roadmap with the same topics as the questionnaires. Thus, was possible to identify that the physical activity can be found in physical disabled child´s everyday life, as well as in vacation, leisure, school and other activity moments. In addition, the research aimed to demonstrate the parents´ importance towards a natural relationship with the disability and the opportunity of active experiences in childhood, contributing to the formation of an active lifestyle.