Przemiany percepcji własnego ciała przez osoby z niepełnosprawnością fizyczną uprawiające sport
Transformation in the Perception of Their Own Bodies among Physically Disabled Persons Practicing Sport

Summary/Abstract: The article addresses the issue of changes that take place in the life of a physically disabled person, which is caused by his/her engagement in sport activity. In the article I make an attempt to prove that practicing sport through body work may provide conditions for self-discovery of a person with physical disability, and for transformations in perceiving oneself. At the same time, I try to demonstrate that sport practiced by the disabled supports changes of the manner, in which they are perceived by able bodied persons, effectively leveling such phenomena as exclusion or social marginalization. The qualitative data used in the research were collected through an in-depth free interview and observation conducted among the disabled who practice sport. The analysis and interpretation of research are of ethnographic character and are based on the procedures of the grounded theory.

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