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Welcome everyone! This is the Panacea Podcast. I am your host Gustavo
and for this episode we have a very important topic, we are going to talk
about ableism, uma forma de preconceito bastante atual e importante a
ser debatida. Você sabia que na cidade de Esparta, no período da Grécia
Antiga, toda criança que nascia com algum grau de deficiência era morta,
pois a sociedade os considerava inúteis em sua cultura de guerra? O
preconceito com pessoas portadoras de deficiência parece ser algo do
passado, mas com o passar dos séculos as formas de preconceito
mudaram e ainda persistem, tornando-se comuns entre a sociedade. O
maior exemplo de preconceito moderno é o ableism.
Welcome everyone! This is the Panacea Podcast. I am your host Gustavo and for this episode we
have a very important topic, we are going to talk about ableism, a very current and important form
of prejudice to be debated. Did you know that in the city of Sparta, in the period of Ancient Greece,
every child who was born with some degree of disability was killed because society considered them
useless in their war culture? Prejudice against people with disabilities seems to be a thing from the
past, but over the centuries the forms of prejudice have changed and still persist, becoming
common in society. The most important example of modern prejudice is ableism.
So, our topic today is very important, but it's not much discussed in society. The ableism is a form
of prejudice against people with disabilities, and is structured in society. As the term says, it
involves a preconception about the capabilities a person has or does not have, due to a disability,
and generally reduces a person to that disability. In practice, ableism does not only involve
offensive terms, judgmental looks or infantilization of individuals. It is also linked to an absence of
people with disabilities in different spaces of society. The act of feeling sorry for the disabled and
judging their achievements as an overcoming are acts of prejudice that are extremely normalized
by society and fit in with ableism.
December 3rd is the International Day of People with Disabilities. The date was established by the
United Nations (UN) in October 1992. Since then, annually, a reflection on the rights of people with
disabilities is encouraged worldwide. The main objectives are to make society aware of equal
opportunities for all citizens, promote human rights, make the population aware of disability issues
and celebrate the achievements of these people. However, unfortunately this is not the Brazilian
reality, considering that in a recent public statement, the Minister of Education, Milton Ribeiro,
prejudicedly declared that people with disabilities do not have the capacity to live with people
without disabilities.
With the facts presented, it is clear that society has much to advance in the area of ableism. Change
must start with the individuals themselves, and you have the ability to make these people's lives
much better. By including these people in society, there is a significant change in the quality of life
and well-being of people with disabilities. Change starts with society, however, it is necessary to
demand the government on issues of inclusion and combating prejudice.