Abstract

CASCO, Ricardo et al. Professional Inclusion of Down Syndrome Workers in the City of São Paulo: Personal Achievement, Productivity, and Social Relationships in the Work Environment. RLEC/LJCS [online]. 2021, vol.8, n.2, pp.79-98.  Epub May 01, 2023. ISSN 2184-0458.  https://doi.org/10.21814/rlec.3494.

The objective of this article is to present a debate about data collected within the scope of the research Professional Inclusion of Workers With Down Syndrome in the City of São Paulo developed at the Laboratory of Studies on Prejudice located at the Psychology Institute at the University of São Paulo. The survey, held in 2017, aimed to understand different dimensions regarding 20 young people with Down syndrome being included in the working world. Based on the data collected through observations and semi-structured interviews with young people, co-workers, managers, family and friends, the research analysed aspects related to personal achievement, productivity, and social relationships that occurred in the workplace. Despite the general trend towards precarious working conditions affecting a significant part of the Brazilian population, young people showed satisfaction with their work activities. They proved productivity compatible with the activities they were required to perform and maintained good social relationships with colleagues, managers, and clients in the companies they worked.

Keywords : professional inclusion; critical theory of society; Down syndrome workers; prejudice.

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