Intentional Inclusion of People with Disabilities in the MS School Sports Program, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

The study aimed to analyze the public sports policy of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul in the educational context and the inclusion of people with disabilities. This is a retrospective, qualitative, exploratory, and documentary longitudinal study, with analysis of documents that regulate sports policy for educational contexts in Mato Grosso do Sul between 2020 and 2024, using the documentary analysis technique. The existence of a macro program that anchors seven other programs/projects was evidenced, with a predominance of the sport-performance dimension (47.5%). No program or project explicitly aims to include people with disabilities in its objectives. One project was specifically designed with inclusion goals; however, it fails to effectively include individuals with disabilities. Another project targets individuals with disabilities, although it was not originally intended to do so. We concluded that the inclusion of people with disabilities is not contemplated, as they are only integrated into a single project.