DESPORTO ADAPTADO NA UNIVERSIDADE - 2018
- Starting date: 01-07- 2018
- Duration: 12 months
- Institutions: Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Associação de Paralisia Cerebral Almada Seixal (APCAS), Associação de Paralisia Cerebral de Lisboa (APCL).
- Funding: IPDJ - Instituto Português do Desporto e da Juventude
- Principal investigator: Augusto Gil Pascoal
Recognition of the right to physical and sporting activity means that all children, young people and adults, including people with disabilities, have the right to play and to have leisure activities with others. According to the Sport for Development and Peace International Working Group, physical activity will be all the more inclusive the more 1) create opportunities for regular participation in physical activity and sport (AFD); and 2) that everyone, without exception, can achieve, maintain and / or improve their physical condition. In this regard, the project is oriented towards: a) The development of interdisciplinary work in the different areas that contribute to the study of human movement sciences, namely the exercise physiology, biomechanics, psychology and pedagogy of physical and sports activity, among others, focusing on the participation of people with disabilities, on sports assessment and classification; b) The involvement of higher education schools and / or institutions of and for people with disabilities in the study of interfaces for performance in sports and for the accessibility of physical involvement.
