Appropriation of the term “Disabled People”

• Autor(a) principal: Nepomuceno, Maristela Ferro
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Assis, Raquel Martins de, Carvalho-Freitas, Maria Nivalda de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Educação Especial (UFSM)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/educacaoespecial/article/view/43112
• topic: Disabled people; terminology; appropriation.; Persona discapacitada; terminología; apropiación.; Pessoa com deficiência; terminologia; apropriação.

Disabled people are historically discriminated against and among the various actions to reduce discrimination, there is the investigation of the terminology that characterizes them. Research shows that the language and concepts that people use influence social aspects, such as pejorative terms. Based on these aspects, this study aims to analyze the appropriation and circulation of the term “pessoa com deficiência” (people with disability) in the Brazilian scientific community and to discuss the social nature of the terminologies and their implications. For the analysis of terminologies related to those with impairment, this research analyzed the appropriation of the term defined by the Convention on the Right of Persons with Disabilities used in Brazil based on the theoretical framework of the concepts of appropriation, by Roger Chartier (1988), translation and negotiation, by Zoia Prestes (2010), and circulation, by Pierre Bourdieu (2002). It can be seen the importance of translation and the distinction of the terms disability and impairment. The change in the translation of impairment as a hindrance instead of an injury results in the conception of the disability as a personal tragedy, a problem for the person himself, due to the impediment. Likewise, if the translation of impairment is disability, it implies not considering the physical and health problems that may occur. It was found that both the appropriation and the translation of a term must be inserted within a culture of origin and destination. Although the term used and appropriate in Brazil is “pessoa com deficiência” (people with disability), there is no consensus in the literature. It is hoped that this study will contribute to a critical reflection of that term used.