https://repositorio.ufms.br/handle/123456789/7173 2026-04-15T02:25:42Z https://repositorio.ufms.br/handle/123456789/13020 Título: Esportes de aventura para pessoas com deficiência visual: percepções Abstract: The social phenomenon known as sport has evolved with the passing of its history, as has happened with issues related to the person with disability. It was, however, with the advent of the 1st and 2nd World War, that these two themes approached. The sport began to be used with tools, initially aimed at physical and psychological rehabilitation and then the re- socialization of war victims. In the meantime, the sport gains new modalities that start to have in the risk element its main challenge. So radical sports are born. However, in this process of evolution of extreme sports also called adventure sports it was up to the disabled to just watch and applaud the great deeds of radical athletes, including people with visual impairment. If for a long time it was believed that visual impairment deprived the one who possessed it of the contact with nature, thus making the visually impaired a strictly urban being, the practice of a sport whose main element is risk was an even greater barrier. Carvalho (2005) reminds us that in adventure sports it is up to each person to determine how far they are willing to go based on their personal values. In the same direction, Custódio (2009) emphasizes that, in the pursuit of our essence, as human beings, we must respect individuality, differences, without imposing stereotypes. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the relationship of people with visual impairment to adventure sports, particularly those practiced in nature. Characterized as a descriptive / exploratory qualitative research, this study presented adventure sports to a group of visually impaired people during 8 months of activities that culminated in the practice of a combination of abseiling, trakking and climbing in a known region Such as the Inferninho Waterfall in Campo Grande / MS. After the practical phase of the proposal, a focus group was held with the participants of the research that allowed us to conclude that the universe of adventure is very present in the daily life of the visually impaired. Elements such as risk, danger, emotion, challenge, overcoming, are present in adventure sports, but are also constant companions of the visually impaired. Tipo: Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z