Disabled person: construction of concept by this population

• Main Authors: Lorita Marlena Freitag Pagliuca (Author), Paula Marciana Pinheiro de Oliveira (Author), Monaliza Ribeiro Mariano (Author), Jacqueline Mota da Silva (Author), Paulo Cesar de Almeida (Author), Giselly Oseni Barbosa Oliveira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

Objective: to build the concept of disabled person. Methods: study of analysis of concept using the phases field work andstatistical analysis with 120 individuals divided into three groups of 40 people with hearing, visual and motor disability.Results: there was predomination of men (68%), 18-29 years old (55%), with superior education (35%) and married/common-law married (75%). The attribute accepted was person with limitation and still able to perform activity, witha difference between groups (p = 0.018); the keyword accepted was limitation (p = 0.001); the expression was disabledperson, with intergroup difference (p = 0.013). Concept of choice by group was deaf (97.51%); blind (45%) and person withvisual disability (45%) and; person with physical disability (27.5%). Conclusion: attributes, keywords used in the literatureand public policy were not accepted. They prefer to be called deaf; blind or visually impaired; They reject people with motordisability and wheelchair user.

Item Description

10.15253/2175-6783.2015000500012
1517-3852
2175-6783