Crianças e adolescentes com deficiência: relação entre vulnerabilidade e violência

Abstract

The goal of this research is to examine whether the social vulnerability experienced by families of children and/or adolescents with disabilities contributes to the manifestation of violence. The interest in studying this issue had your Genesis during the supervised internship of Social services I and II, held at the Institute APAE – São Borja, in which disturbing cases have arisen about the proposed theme. To explain the issues that traverse this category of the study was discussed the reflection about the historical construction of persons with disabilities, the social conditions of vulnerability in which children and adolescents are «air-conditioned and violence against children and adolescents with disabilities as well as the forms of violence that victimize, and finalizing the theoretical foundation with neglect and sexual violence as the main forms of violence against children and adolescents with disabilities about the context of APAE – São Borja. The type of research used was the qualitative, data were used to obtain the document at the institution research and bibliographical research with authors who study the problem of research. The dialectical method Critical subsidized research with the expectation to explain reality studied. The method of analysis used is content analysis. The information obtained from the study reveal that social vulnerability is entirely connected with the violence in which children and adolescents with disabilities are victimized. The objective of life and social conditions in which these families are involved provide that children and adolescents with disabilities are exposed to risks and violence. Both the vulnerability of their own disabilities but also by social and cultural factors that permeate the family. This problem leads to reflection it is necessary that children and adolescents with disabilities who are victims of violence, have more visibility by public agencies with seriousness, Yes, it's a problem and unfortunately is still invisible to society.