Abstract:

Abstract In Paraná State, there are four Institutions of Higher Education, indicated by CAPES, that have post-graduate programs stricto sensu in Physical Education. In order to know the production related to the Adapted Physical Activity in Paraná and to understand the paths that it has followed, all dissertations and theses related to the theme have been mapped in these programs. In all, 17 researches, 15 dissertations and 2 theses were found. Regarding the type of disability, a greater number of activities are studied for individuals with physical, intellectual and visual disabilities, none of whom are exclusively hearing impaired. In studying the authors’ curriculum, it was concluded that most of the authors of dissertations and theses have some involvement in the parasport “universe”, and that they tend to research and publish only in this area, unlike the advisors where only the minority is involved with the theme.

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