Processo de inclusão de servidores públicos com deficiência e sua repercussão na saúde ocupacional: um estudo sobre a UFSM

Abstract

This thesis was elaborated in the Graduate Program in Education, in the research field 03 - Special Education, Inclusion and Difference and aimed to investigate the relationship between the process of inclusion in the world of work and the occupational health of workers with disabilities. Motivated by the author's academic and professional trajectory, the research had as its subjects the employees of the Federal University of Santa Maria, characterized as workers with disabilities. The objectives of the study were to analyze the process of inclusion of public servants with disabilities at UFSM and its impact on occupational health. It also sought to: understand the relationship between the process of inclusion in the world of work and the (de) construction of secondary disability in public servants with disabilities; point out the conditioning factors of the process of inclusion of public servants for (de) construction of secondary disability; verify the possible relations between the secondary disability and the risks of illness of public servants with disabilities; identify the existence of actions aimed at the worker with disabilities and the possible support networks offered by the Institution. Data collection occurred through narrative interviews, conducted with thirteen servers who agreed to participate in the research and with two representatives of the University management. For data analysis, we used the technique of content Analysis. The data originated three categories, based on the most relevant questions and recurrence in the participants' statements. The results presented here indicate that the inclusion process influences the health of workers with disabilities, especially with regard to psychological distress. The onset of secondary disability is related to established patterns, which sometimes govern attitudes, and family and work and community contexts are cited as facilitators of the process. Difficulties include the lack of accessibility, physical and attitudinal, and the need for workers with disabilities to repeatedly assert their ability to perform the work activity to which they are assigned. In this sense, there is a direct relationship between the concepts of secondary disability and capacities. There is also a link between secondary disability and the risk of illness of disabled employees. Even though there is not yet a specific sector to monitor the career of disabled employees, they recognize the institutional effort and point out some existing services as important for the establishment of an inclusion process. In this sense, the data presented here prove that the inclusion process influences the occupational health of workers with disabilities. This influence can be negative or positive, being caused by the work environment, the established relationships, and the environmental, organizational, staff and management conditions.