A história e o sentido das designações relativas à pessoa com deficiência em documentos oficiais

Abstract

This thesis is part of the studies on the Theory of Enunciation, more specifically according to Eduardo Guimarães perspective, the Event Semantics. In this study, I analyze the history and meaning of designations related to persons with disabilities in official documents, questioning how the semantic-enunciative works concerning the designations related to persons with disabilities in three official documents, analyzing if there are similarities or differences among these designations. The chosen research objects were the federal law 13.146 from 6th July, 2015 named Lei Brasileira de Inclusão da Pessoa com Deficiência (Estatuto da Pessoa com Deficiência), the State law 13.320 from 21st December, 2009 named Legislação relativa à pessoa com deficiência no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul and the City Board of Education resolution number 31 from 12th December, 2011 named Diretrizes Curriculares para a Educação Especial no Sistema Municipal de Ensino de Santa Maria – RS. The analyses showed that the historic semantic functioning of the word disability is not static, homogeneous or definitive, on the contrary, it is open and it depends on the enunciation, text and enunciation event to which it belongs. The designations are similar in some parts and different in others. All designations and meanings analyzed are part of the word disability history. During the writing of this thesis, I produced a historicization regarding the words used to designate the person with disability, observing how these words are being said and repeated in official documents and how this produces effects in our society, considering how other words start to reproduce these meanings.