Conceptions on Disability

Code: EES613

Total Credits: 8 credits

Subject Profile: Area of concentration

Syllabus: Dealing with different conceptions of the concept of disability, based on different theoretical matrices. Concept of disability as a defect and as divine punishment - Concept of disability as a biological abnormality - Concept of disability from the historical-cultural approach (compensation) - Concept of disability from the people with disabilities themselves (Disability Studies).

Main Bibliography:

1. PESSOTI, I. Deficiência mental: da superstição à ciência. São Paulo: Ed. da ABPEE, 2014.
2. CANGUILHEIN, G. Novas reflexões sobre o normal e o patológico. In: O normal e o patológico. Rio de Janeiro: Forense Universitária, 1978.
3. VIGOTSKI, L. S. Fundamentos da defectologia. In: VIGOTSKI, L. S. Obras escogidas. Tomo V. Madri: Visor, 1997.
4. PICCOLO, G. M; MENDES, E. G. Contribuições a um pensar sociológico sobre a deficiência. Educação & Sociedade (Impresso), v. 34, p. 459-475, 2013.

Movies:

1. The Elephant Man (USA)
2. Nova América (USA/Italy)
3. A Maçã (Iran)
4. Hasta la vista (Spain)