As concepções de deficiência dos discentes de Secretariado Executivo

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate the Ceará Federal University students’ conceptions of disability in the Executive Secretariat program. The investigation was done through bibliographic sources and field research with seventy-five Executive Secretariat students. The ICD – Inventário de Concepções de Deficifiência (Disability Conceptions Inventory) developed by Carvalho-Freitas (2007) was used as a data collection tool. The information derived from the inventories yielded a database which was analyzed though the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The results demonstrated that the students perceive disability as a human condition which has to be respected, and society has to adapt itself so as to include everyone. It was pointed out the predominance of the inclusive matrix and concluded that the students who have relatives and do not live with persons with disabilities tend more to believe in them.