Inclusion and exclusion from my wheelchair Inclusión y exclusión desde mi silla de ruedas

Abstract

In this essay he reviews in a reflexive and critical way my life experience from a wheelchair. I do this to establish what inclusion and social exclusion consists of, how it operates and how it can be dealt with based on contributions from psychology and different legal norms such as the Declaration of Salamanca (1994), the Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the national decree 366 of 2009, among many others, which reaffirm the right to education of all people and the obligation for educational institutions to organize specialized pedagogical services to support my peers.
The writing is also an approach to autobiographical research, according to Hernández and Rifá (2011), in the sense of valuing the exercise of critical reflection of what has been lived by someone who submits his self-analysis to the scrutiny of other people who know the subject, contrasts it with pertinent theoretical elements and with the social historical context of what has been lived. I reconstruct a good part of my life experiences and, based on them, I point out the different conceptions and practices that the people with whom I have interacted respect about differences and the inclusive-exclusive treatment. In this regard, I highlight the paradoxical nature of family and educational environments and agents.