Paralympic, para-sportsmem, para-people? Sport of disabled people in the Internet

Abstract

The subject of this article arises from my interest in sports and also from a curiosity of a reality of disabled people’s life. I likewise wanted to explore the point of view of people who has no connection with special pedagogy on that matter and it’s affect on disabled people’s lives. My only knowledge about disabled sportsmen came from the film „Murderball” and this paper is my attempt to gain more information about sport of disabled people and their image that is created in abled people’s mind. I have chosen the Internet as a space for my research because it is an area that is commonly known by my peers and me, but we know it from a different perspective. The main aim of my research is to show the information that can be found on the Internet, which are connected with the sport of disabled people, disabled sportsmen, the space that they take on the Internet. I want to recognize the way that these information are shown on the Internet. First part of the article is the analysis of the source literature about disability, the second one ismydebate regarding the sports of disabled people. The third part is about the methodological base of the article and the last part – analysis and interpretation of the empiric material.