Deficiência e desigualdade social: O recente caminho para a escola

Abstract

Since the 1988 Constitution, disabled people are entitled to receive a minimum wage when proving they do not have the means to provide for themselves - this was regulated as a continuous cash benefit (BPC) in 1993. In 2007, it was reported that 79% of beneficiaries in school age were not attending school. This fact resulted in an interagency work program: BPC at School. In 2010, the Catalog of Municipal Experiences of the BPC at School Program was published, with reports from 20 municipalities (from the five regions of Brazil) that had implemented the program. The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of the Program on the enrollment of students with special educational needs, through the examination of microdata of the School Census from 2007 to 2012. The results show a significant increase in the enrollment of students with special education needs, with emphasis on the enrollment of students with disabilities.