Mitã rekopayva: the origin of children with disabilities in Gurani and Kaiowá worldview

el origen de los niños con discapacidad en la cosmovisión guaraní y kaiowá

Abstract

Guarani and kaiowá families who have children with disabilities are insecure about leaving their children at school. Schools, in turn, have presented pedagogical difficulties in receiving to their emotional and intelectual development through pedagogical practices based on na intercultural, bilingual, differentiated and specific perspective. The educational challenges in this field are multiple, complex and with some taboos. Therefore, the objective of this research was to understand the worldview of Guarani and kaiowá families regarding the origin of children with disabilities, as we understand that this lack of knowledge has constituted a problem for the elaboration of public policies and pedagogical practices that are capable of meeting the pedagogical demands of children with disabilities. This research was carried out in the indigenous Land of Yvykuarusu and Takuaraty, known as village Paraguassu, municipality of Paranhos, Mato Grosso do Sul, in the second half of 2023. The research is qualitative and exploratory in nature. The results indicate that the origin of children with disabilities  in the worldview of Guarani and Kaiowás families coccurs due of the baptism ritual, marriage between people with very close kinship levels and the disobedience of the father and mother in relation to the rules to be followed during pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and feeding the child. We conclude that in contemporary times it is necessary to understand the origin  of indigenous children with the criminal activities of agribusiness, environmental degradation and territorial violence.