Abstract

LEITE, Elisete de Andrade et al. Rhythmic gymnastics: experience based on unified sports, Special Olympics. Rev. Motriviv. [online]. 2020, vol.32, n.61, e64990.  Epub Jan 01, 2020. ISSN 2175-8042.  https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8042.2020.e64990.

The Special Olympics Unified Sport program enables sports practices for people with and without intellectual disabilities to work together to promote social inclusion. Based on this program, an action research was carried out aiming to verify possible implications achieved through the implementation of a rhythmic gymnastics project based on the Unified Sport, from the perspective of non-disabled participants. To that end, 18 girls, 12 with intellectual disabilities and 6 without this condition, performed rhythmic gymnastics classes together for 12 weeks, with 2 weekly sessions of 2 hours each, in a sports court in Guaratinguetá, São Paulo, Brazil. At the end of the program, a semi-structured interview with non-disabled girls was used, assessing the data by content analysis. The results showed improvements in the performance of athletes, stimulation of the interactions between athletes with and without disabilities and the construction of knowledge about the diversities, reaching attitudes of acceptance and respect for differences.

Keywords : Intellectual disability; Gymnastics; Physical education and training.

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