PUBLIC POLICIES ON INCLUSION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION: BETWEEN RANCES AND ADVANCES

Abstract

This article aims to bring Inclusive Education based on the principle that every human being has the right to study in a regular school. The methodology adopted was the qualitative one of bibliographic and documentary nature. As a general objective, it was outlined: to analyze how the current Educational Legislation can contribute to the guarantee of access and permanence of students with Special Educational Needs or with disabilities in Regular Education. As specific objectives: List stories of inclusion and overcoming present in contemporary society; to verify how the challenge of guaranteeing access and permanence in the educational context has been; reflect on teaching practice in the context of inclusion. Professionals in the area of education must be qualified to know how to act before these students, making them beings belonging to the environment, transforming the mentality of other students and emphasizing how important and capable they are, within their limitations, breaking the mesh of injustice. Humanized students will be able to provide a truly inclusive education, developing a more civilized society.