PERSONS WITH DISABILITY AND THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION: AN INCLUSIVE PERSPECTIVE FROM THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO

Authors

  • Judith Camargo Curiel de Braga

Keywords:

Right to education, Disability, Law, Inclusion, Special education

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the law governing rights of persons with disabilities in school age, considering relating the law published in the federal sphere, the São Paulo State law and the contemporary perspective of the guarantee and advocacy on behalf of people with special educational needs’ school inclusion. As a result of the analysis, it was realized that the understanding of the specialized teaching support’s character diverges at the federal and state spheres. It was found a latent presence of the subject-matter of this research in the educational laws of both administrative spheres researched, always identified by the preference of attendance in the regular education network, with specialist support provided at the extra-curricular classes in the regular education.

Author Biography

  • Judith Camargo Curiel de Braga
    Pedagogue graduated from the Faculty of Education at the University of São Paulo (2005), Postgraduate at the same University – Specialist in Ethics, Values and Health at School (2011). Effective Teacher of the São Paulo State Ministry of Education assigned on the composition of the Technical Team of the Special Education Service, since 2009. Student attending Law School at the Presbyterian University Mackenzie. Researcher of the following themes: human rights, specifically the fundamental rights and guarantees, social rights and education of persons with intellectual disability.

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Vol. 1 (2012)

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