Özet:

This study was conducted to study the experience of disabled athletes in the context of Bourdieu’s habitus, capital and field concepts and to provide an analysis of the Paralympic Area. The study conducted deep discussions with 16 disabled athletes who had experience with the Paralympic Area. The obtained data has shown that habitus is the creator of inequalities rather than helping a disabled athlete overcome difficulties. Disabled athletes have been thought to be discriminated in the sport world due to their disabilities. Disabled athletes have a different body use thanks to the sport and gain visibility in the field is another result from the research. Disabled athletes have limited social capital, and this is another important result from the research that they cannot turn their body capital into economic capital and cannot move within the field. Disabled female athletes are considered to have double disadvantages due to their being both female and disabled, and they are discriminated in the sports field.

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