I Am Normal: Biographic/Scholastic Journeys and Future Goals of Visually Impaired Youngsters — University of Brasília

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Abstract

This chapter is structured from the theoretical discussion on youth and disability, highlighting the main legal frameworks in Brazil that guarantee the right to education. The empirical part of the research is based on the interpretation of narrative interviews with blind young people who attend high school; the purpose was to understand their life and school trajectories and their future projects. The decolonial perspective showed that the normalization paradigm is present in the narrative of these young people when they talk about their trajectories. The several forms of oppression experienced by the blind young people are particularly related to generational, gender and socioeconomic aspects. The worldviews that these young people build of themselves and society impact their future projects and professional choices.

Author

• Sinara Zardo