Perspectivas de las familias de estudiantes con discapacidad intelectual con relación al acceso a la educación durante la pandemia del Covid-19, pertenecientes a tres unidades educativas de la ciudad de Azogues, provincia del Cañar.

Abstract

The objective of this study is "to analyze the perspectives of the families of students with disabilities in relation to access to education during the confinement due to the Covid-19 pandemic for students from three educational institutions in the city of Azogues, Cañar Province, in order to identify the factors that affected family functioning and the support networks that families had. For this study, the hermeneutic research method was applied, which allows describing and studying human phenomena in a more detailed and careful way, without considering the pre-existing theoretical supports, in exchange for a much more practical understanding. For this purpose, data are obtained through the experiences of the subjects of analysis and thus related to the aspects that allow to generate access to education during the Covid-19 pandemic. The confinement caused by the Covid-19 pandemic made evident different difficulties that families had to experience regarding their functioning and assignment of new roles and responsibilities in relation to the development of school activities of students with disabilities taking into account the limitations associated with cognitive difficulties and access to the various means adopted by educational institutions for virtual education, causing problems of marginalization and lack of adequate processes that allow the educational inclusion of all students, impacting on the lack of adequate development of activities.