HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN BRAZIL.

This article aimed to understand the historical movement of inclusive special education in Brazil. Answers were sought to the following question: How is the inclusion of people with disabilities understood in the history of Brazilian education? The research has a bibliographic and documental nature and historical-documentary methodology, theoretically based on Sassaki (2003), Mantoan (2003), Nogueira (2009) and Plaisance (2015). It presents a historical journey of the concept, educational conceptions and terminologies used to refer to people with disabilities, as well as the policies of Rights and Laws that were created and contribute to guarantee opportunities and equality for all people. Understanding the historical panorama faced by people with disabilities allows us to visualize the path and the struggles faced and shows that the search for the right to education for all is something that has been discussed for a long time and for a period has already been denied to a large part of the population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]