THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION AS NA INSTRUMENT TO COMBAT CAPABILITY IN A DEMOCRATIC AND PLURAL CONTEXT - DOI: 10.12818/P.0304-2340.2025v87p125

Abstract

Ableist practices are oppressive, discriminatory, and exclusionary behaviors, based on the idea of subordination, inferiority, and incapacity of people with disabilities in relation to those who consider themselves "normal." Such attitudes hinder access to fundamental rights, such as the right to information. Thus, the research question seeks to answer: how can the right to information be used to combat these acts? The general objective is to analyze the right to information as a tool to combat such behaviors. The specific objectives are to characterize ableism and the perspective on people with disabilities from a conceptual and historical perspective; to address the right to information as a fundamental right of people with disabilities; and finally, to discuss the right to information as a tool to combat ableism. This is a bibliographical study, characterized as a systematic literature review, with a qualitative approach for content analysis and interpretation. The results showed that, despite advances in legislation and policies with an inclusive perspective, ableism remains common in contemporary times, whether through face-to-face relationships or via social media, such as the use of inappropriate terms and hateful attacks on social media. In this context, adopting measures that promote the right to information (to inform and be informed) are crucial to combating it and guaranteeing the rights of these individuals. The theoretical framework highlighted was the studies by Almeida (2019), Fohrmann and Kiefer (2016), Araújo (1991), and Freitas (2011), as well as national legislation (the 1988 Federal Constitution and the Statute of Persons with Disabilities).

KEYWORDS: Right to information. Combating ableism. Persons with disabilities. Inclusion.