Capacitação da pessoa com deficiência intelectual ao mercado de trabalho numa APAE do Sul de Santa Catarina

It is about a case study in an APAE the south of Santa Catarina, to know about the adopted actions from the institution in the empowerment to the inclusion of people with intellectual deficiency in the labor market. Nowadays the number of people with intellectual deficiency in the formal market is significantly smaller than the number of people with another kinds of deficiency and, in this direction, it is intended to enhance the consideration to the importance of this people empowerment. The design is from a qualitative nature and to the data collection was used the documentary analysis and the semi-directed interviews were done with the teachers and the multi-professional team involved in the professional empowerment. The data were analyzed based on the contents analysis. These are conclude as barriers to the inclusion to the labor market: the low profile from the students to the available job vacancy. Untying difficulty from the student’s family concerning about the earned benefit and family overprotection