The discourse of people with physical disability about the own sexuality

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Calixto Junior de
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Denari, Fátima Elisabeth, Costa, Maria da Piedade Resende da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Ibero-Americana de Estudos em Educação (Online)
• DOI: 10.21723/riaee.v12.n4.out./dez.2017.9123
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/iberoamericana/article/view/9123
• topic: Special education. Physical disability. Sexuality.; La educación especial. Deficiencia física. La sexualidad.; Educação especial. Deficiência física. Sexualidade.

On the assumption that the sexuality of people with disabilities is seen as taboo, this study is to understand how the installation of these taboos and myths in the area of special education. This study, therefore, is intended to analyze the speech of people with physical disabilities with spinal cord injury on sexuality theme, aiming to analyze the expression of sexuality. Therefore, the methodology of this study is characterized by having a descriptive type of research and is materialized through the collection of data from a script of interview via skype of the people involved. It appears that this issue is little explored, having few studies that deal with sexuality. It was concluded that people with physical disabilities had a positive perception of gender expression, denoting that want to be seen as people without any limitation and, above all, who are prepared to break the taboos that circumscribe their affective and social relations.