Inclusive education and oral history: narratives of parents and teachers about children with disabilities

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his paper will present a discussion on inclusive education and disability. The reflections are the result of a study that produced four narratives (recorded through Oral History) that proved concepts on disability prepared by teachers and parents living with children with disabilities. The texfs objectives are therefore present a theoretical repertoire that gives basis for the readings of the interviews; reflect on how to produce the records through oral history; and point out initial reflections on what appears in common in these narratives of parents and teachers. The initial analysis presented here was guide by the theoretical line contributions call by disability studies and by the narratives reading. Such dialogue allows us to understand how is the construction of senses and meanings related to the child with disabilities for these subjects. The study is concerned with such concepts, as it believes that they can influence the formation of contexts in its human development and identity processes.