Abstract
On the basis of a historical analysis of a thematically relevant sources and literature to asses and make an interpretation the relation of the society to the swimming of the disabled within historical stages, historical relations, and selected points of view. Methods: Historical study, comarative, inductive method.
Results: A complex view of swimming as a physical activity of the disabled in the context of (1) European historical relations between the society and the disabled, (2) Swimming activities of unhandicapped people, and (3) medical phisical education incl. actual news.