The role of sports activity for the formative development of disabled people

Abstract

Motor activity has become one of the most significant social phenomena, allowing making abandon the idea of agonistic sports practice in favor of a concept of physical, educational and psychic well-being. The educational value that motor and sports activity has assumed inevitably involves the respect of the different life phases of the human being, and of the diversity of the subjects who practice it. Therefore, motor and sports activity plays a fundamental role in the life of all people, becoming an opportunity for growth regardless of personal and social conditions. In this regard, the main objective of this research work is to analyze the benefits that sport is able to generate, especially for educational growth and the constant formation of disabled people.

Key words:

motor and sports activities, educational dimension, disability, formative development

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