GARANTIAS À EXECUÇÃO DO DIREITO À PROFISSIONALIZAÇÃO INCLUSIVA E ESPECIAL DO ADOLESCENTE COM SÍNDROME DE DOWN

Abstract

Education is a social right, with continuous benefits and a duty of the State, which it cannot refuse to provide. The right to education is not limited to a single group, but it is an inclusive right, and in this environment the right to professionalization arises. According to the Brazilian legal system, people with disabilities, including people with Down syndrome, the focus of the research, enjoy this right. professionalization it is a right of social order linked to human nature. The quality of a person with Down syndrome does not remove any of the rights inherent to human beings. Down syndrome is a congenital disease, caused by chromosomal malformation, but learning ability is something that evolves through appropriate stimuli. The objective of this work is to demonstrate the need for professionalization of the person with Down Syndrome, comparing the inclusive education provided in regular schools to create a parallel of how vocational education should take place in Brazil. The concepts covered include the definitions and the historical evolution of the understanding of the learning ability of the person with Down Syndrome, and how professionalization in an inclusive way is their right, present in the order, constitutionally and infraconstitutionally. A bibliographical research and a comparative descriptive analysis of the current scenario of inclusive education in regular and professional education were carried out. This research aims to demonstrate that the education of people with Down Syndrome is not limited to basic levels, but to all levels of preparation for professional life.