CONTRIBUTIONS OF SPECIAL/INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AND THE WORLD OF WORK TO THE AUTONOMY OF PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

Abstract

This article represents a theoretical excerpt from the ongoing doctoral research of the Graduate Program in Education and Contemporaneity of the State University of Bahia – PPGEduC/UNEB. The research seeks to answer the following question: how do the processes of school and workplace inclusion favor the construction of autonomy for people with intellectual disabilities? The general objective of the research is to analyze how the processes of school and workplace inclusion favor the construction of autonomy for people with intellectual disabilities. Since there have been no approaches to the field of research yet, this text represents some theoretical reflections on the object of study. Methodologically, this study has an empirical and qualitative approach, of the case study type, based on the trajectory of 6 (six) participants – people with intellectual disabilities who have experienced/are experiencing school inclusion and inclusion in the world of work in Salvador-Bahia. For this, devices will be used to obtain information, namely: a) sociodemographic questionnaire; b) questionnaire to assess autonomy based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (WHO, 2008); and c) semi-structured interview. The analysis of the information obtained will be carried out using the Interpretation of Meanings Method (Gomes, 2015).