Deporte, Desarrollo Humano y Discapacidad: Voces De Mujeres Deportistas Con Discapacidad Física

Abstract

This work summarizes a qualitative research, carried out to explore sport´s benefits and impacts on people with functional diversity (disability), proposing an analytical view of sport as a significant phenomenon for their human development. Through the biographical method, 6 female athletes with functional diversity were interviewed, which allowed to analyze from their own voices and experiences, the main contributions generated by the sports practice for its development as an individual. From the analysis of the information collected, under Max Neef conceptions, I argue that sports practices are framed as a synergistic satisfying element of needs, which contribute significantly to the human development of people with functional diversity.