Resumen en inglés

Physical disability has become a limitation not only physical but emotional that does not allow you to express and communicate to people who suffer from it their feelings. The present work aims to analyze the perceived social support of athletes with physical disabilities, based on self-perception versus communication and expression of feelings and empathy. It is a descriptive, cross-sectional research with a quantitative approach, the instrument used to collect the information is the Duke-Unc Social Support Scale. The results obtained show that at a general level the social support perceived by the population is normal in 97% and only 3% is scarce, indicating that the participants have a positive perception about the support provided by their family and social environment. . It is concluded that to achieve positive communication of feeling, family, friends and the environment play a very important role, as well as expressing feelings with facts for the integral development of this population.