Políticas de esporte adaptado: um estudo da ATACAR – Associação Toledense de Atletas em Cadeira de Rodas de Toledo – Pr

Abstract

This dissertation, linked to the area of concentration Society, State and Education of the Strictu Sensu Post-Graduation Program in Education - PPGE of Unioeste - Cascavel Campus, contemplates the process of construction of Sports Policies for People with Disabilities, particularly those directed to Physical Disability. The study, through bibliographical, documentary and field research, was carried out having as a start point the following research problem: How does the implementation process of the Adapted Sport Policies for people with physical disabilities occur in the municipality of Toledo-PR? The specific objectives were: a) to contextualize the public policy development process for Adapted Sport, considering international and national relations, particularly from the 1990s, and b) to study the convergences and divergences of public policies of Adapted Sport and the history of ATACAR in the municipality of Toledo / PR. The investigation contemplated the world history for the understanding of the Brazilian parasport context, with emphasis on the associative institutions included as Third Sector, in which ATACAR, as a Civil Society organization, has assumed responsibility as the articulator of Inclusive Policies. The state conjuncture that advocated the division of tasks with the associativism from the years of 1990 was, therefore, a process in which ATACAR is responsible for promoting the inclusion of People with Physical Disability in the municipality of Toledo / PR through Adapted Sport, being also, a policy provider that gives access and permanence of these people in the parasports area. Thus, the study demonstrated that the claims regarding the implementation of Adapted Sport Policies in the municipality of Toledo / PR, specifically through ATACAR, reflected the principle of the "Organization for Cooperation" model, which is one of the forms of organization of the Brazilian parasporting, that is, in the practice of adapted sport, it aims at cooperation among wheelchair athletes of the association.