VULNERABILITY AND INVISIBILITY: A STUDY WITH CONSUMERS WITH DOWN SYNDROME

Authors

  • Marina Dias de Faria Federal University of Rio de Janeiro image/svg+xml Author
  • Leticia Casotti Federal University of Rio de Janeiro image/svg+xml Author
  • José Luis Carvalho Federal University of Rio de Janeiro image/svg+xml Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13037/gr.vol34n100.4324

Abstract

In response to demands for research focusing on the vulnerability of people with disabilities who are consumers, this research has set the objective of understanding how is the consumer with Down syndrome vulnerability revealed in their interactions with the market environment of Rio de Janeiro city. In the empirical part of the study, semi-structured in-depth interviews have been conducted with eighteen Down subjects and with their relatives, in a total of 44 informants. Data collection has been anchored in narratives of life stories, photographs description, and application of projective techniques. Treated by content analysis, the data generated four categories: the first is related to urban mobility, the second to the socio-technical environment of the market, the third to problems involving money and credit, and finally the fourth to the consumer with Down syndrome invisibility.

Keywords: Consumer vulnerability; exclusion; Down syndrome.

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Author Biographies

  • Marina Dias de Faria, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
    Professora Adjunta da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil
  • Leticia Casotti, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
    Professora Adjunta da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil
  • José Luis Carvalho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
    Professor Associado da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil

Published

2018-03-01

How to Cite

VULNERABILITY AND INVISIBILITY: A STUDY WITH CONSUMERS WITH DOWN SYNDROME. (2018). Gestão & Regionalidade, 34(100). https://doi.org/10.13037/gr.vol34n100.4324