Disabled person: construction of concept by this population

Authors

  • Lorita Marlena Freitag Pagliuca
  • Paula Marciana Pinheiro de Oliveira
  • Monaliza Ribeiro Mariano
  • Jacqueline Mota da Silva
  • Paulo Cesar de Almeida
  • Giselly Oseni Barbosa Oliveira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2015000500012

Keywords:

Disabled Persons, Concept Formation, Mobility Limitation, Visually Impaired Persons, Persons with Hearing Impairments.

Abstract

Objective: to build the concept of disabled person. Methods: study of analysis of concept using the phases field work and statistical 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, with a difference between groups (p = 0.018); the keyword accepted was limitation (p = 0.001); the expression was disabled person, with intergroup difference (p = 0.013). Concept of choice by group was deaf (97.51%); blind (45%) and person with visual disability (45%) and; person with physical disability (27.5%). Conclusion: attributes, keywords used in the literature and public policy were not accepted. They prefer to be called deaf; blind or visually impaired; They reject people with motor disability and wheelchair user.

 

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Published

2015-11-10

How to Cite

Pagliuca, L. M. F., Oliveira, P. M. P. de, Mariano, M. R., Silva, J. M. da, Almeida, P. C. de, & Oliveira, G. O. B. (2015). Disabled person: construction of concept by this population. Rev Rene, 16(5), 705–713. https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2015000500012

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