Pessoas cegas e sua história com a prática de atividade física

Abstract

Adapted Motor Activity is focused on improving the quality of life of people with disabilities and the integration of physical exercise (EF) in these everyday. Blindness brings deficits in development from a missing or incorrect stimulation and physical activity (PA) or EF acts directly on overcoming the limitations from the disability, bringing greater independence and self-confidence to blind congenital and acquired. Many factors lead to a blind person to seek or not an AF or EF, in this context the main objective of this study was to analyze the history of AF of blind people. The study group consisted of six blind people, adults, more than twenty years who attended the Association of Blind and Visually Handicapped (ACDV) of a city in the state of RS. To collect data we used an interview with predetermined scripts. We identified several AF committed by individuals during life as childhood games, rides, playgrounds and recreational activities, such as AF regular physical education classes, walking, and exercises are not targeted and EF as swimming and gym. It was concluded that the type of disability was not a relevant factor that defines the presence or absence of AF in regular people's everyday life, but the personality and taste for practice. And among the factors that make this population to seek an EF are the main partners or lack of transportation and financial cost, not the disability itself.