<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study investigated how high-performance sport improved the quality of life and facilitated the inclusion of blind athletes in discussions about sustainable development at the Benjamin Constant Institute. It was also revealed that the blind still face discrimination, and that society associates the blind's visual disabilities with their other characteristics.</p></abstract>

This study investigated how high-performance sport improved the quality of life and facilitated the inclusion of blind athletes in discussions about sustainable development at the Benjamin Constant Institute. It was also revealed that the blind still face discrimination, and that society associates the blind's visual disabilities with their other characteristics.

The Contribution of Sport as a Means of Inclusion in Discussions of Sustainable Development for Visually Disabled People

Benjamin Constant Institute - Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Salgado de Oliveira University, Niterói, Brasil

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

This study investigated how high-performance sport improved the quality of life and facilitated the inclusion of blind athletes in discussions about...

The Contribution of Sport as a Means of Inclusion in Discussions of Sustainable Development for Visually Disabled People

Publicado en línea: 25 dic 2011

Páginas: 10 - 17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10141-011-0018-4

Palabras clave
sustainability, participation, blindness

This content is open access.

The Contribution of Sport as a Means of Inclusion in Discussions of Sustainable Development for Visually Disabled People

Publicado en línea: 25 dic 2011

Páginas: 10 - 17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10141-011-0018-4

Palabras clavesustainability, participation, blindness

This content is open access.

Palabras clave
sustainability, participation, blindness