Historias de vida para sensibilizar el aprendizaje de la Educación Inclusiva en la carrera de Educación

Abstract

The research investigates and describes the history of Special Education through life stories compiled with grandparents, grandmothers and neighbors of the community, with the aim of raising awareness regarding the care of disabilities and educational inclusion according to the Avelino Sinani Law - Elizardo Perez. From the qualitative approach and the biographical method, regularities and coincidences were identified in the life stories between 1920 - 2010, using an interview guide, with 39 systematized stories. The results show: family experience was mediated by violence and abandonment; in school the rejection and discrimination were constant, they did not conclude the primary; They lived with discrimination and indifference in the community. Regarding the life cycle; in childhood they could not meet basic needs such as food or health, in adolescence they did not live in groups, on the contrary they had lonely lives and received child treatment. In adulthood some managed to form a family, and precarious work allowed them to survive almost in begging. Very few came to old age. In conclusion, the activity met the objective of raising awareness among professionals in Education about the difficulties and vulnerabilities experienced by people with disabilities.