Practices of inclusion and social representations about workers with disabilities in the public service of higher education institutions located in northeastern Brazil.
Deficiency; Social Representations; Job; College education; Inclusion.
In the present study, I analyze the social representations about disabled workers for people with disabilities, their managers and co-workers, considering their practices of inclusion in the public service in Higher Education Institutions located in the Northeast of Brazil. This being the general objective for which, based theoretically and methodologically on the Theory of Social Representations, the research for the construction of this dissertation was systematized in three axes: 1. Construction of the theoretical framework based on the narrative review and documentary research; 2. Integrative review of studies defended in Brazil at the graduate level on the work of people with disabilities in the public service; 3. Narrative interviews with workers with and without disabilities, in three Northeastern Universities, with the intention of identifying and analyzing social representations about workers with disabilities. After analyzing the narratives with the aid of textual analysis software, the results showed that work was characterized as a need for social affirmation of workers with disabilities, being a source of pleasure, recognition, and socialization that seems to be felt effectively by the people interviewed. The difficulties experienced by workers are shared by people with and without disabilities, namely: inadequate working conditions and bureaucracy in work processes. It is concluded that the social representations of the TCD had justifying functions, since for the PCD the TCD have the same working conditions and difficulties faced by the TSD. And when some difficulties present themselves to the TCD, they believe that it is characteristic of such people to overcome and strengthen themselves in the face of situations. In addition, TSDs believe that quota policies are essential to guarantee conditions "equal" to PCDs, an aspect not so emphasized by disabled workers themselves. Inclusion is seen differently from insertion, both by the TCD and the other interviewees, and for all, access to work is an important tool, however there is a need for adjustments in public policys and better administrative adjustments that enable the autonomy of workers in the search for jobs. better perform their activities, whether TCD or TSD.