Cartografia de políticas públicas para inclusão social de PCD no Tocantins

Abstract

In recent decades, people with disabilities have been the object of research in several areas, such as Geography, Sociology, Law, Psychology, Social Work, Anthropology and others, which seek to highlight the critical situations faced by this social group, with emphasis on the challenges that these people are socially included, as proposed by legislation. The historiography of humanity shows that PwDs have suffered prejudice, discrimination, sometimes decimations, resulting in today's society, still visible traces of this adverse situation, with losses mainly related to their social inclusion. In this study, we sought analyses of the concept of PwD in all historical periods up to the present day, also emphasizing the movement in Brazil and within the geographical literature. The objective of this research was to investigate public policies for social inclusion in Tocantins, related to the insertion of PwD in the labor market. To this end, a qualitative methodology was used, with bibliographic reviews, analysis of sociodemographic data from elements issued by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics – IBGE and searches for bills/public policies of social inclusion for PwD in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tocantins and the Municipality of Palmas- TO. In this context, we analyzed the educational level and percentage of occupation of PwD in Brazil and Tocantins, also seeking research and studies on Disability and Work carried out by researchers from Tocantins. These results allowed us to assess the laxity of public policies for social inclusion for PwD, since the data showed that a large part of this population is absent from the formal labor market. Since, the granting of the right to work provides decent remuneration, capable of providing human beings with conditions of survival and well-being. This problem can be seen in the inequality regarding the percentage of access to work on a smaller scale for people with disabilities and similarly in the level of education.