This paper presents the incapability stereotype often attributed to disability and the point of view of the disabled person herself with regard to the role she plays socially (THOMAS, 1966). The comprehension of stereotypes shows to be a must to understand that generalizations may be useful for everyday life, however, they can lead to serious mistakes (HILTON e HIPPEL, 1996), specifically with regard to disabled people. Performing an analysis of studies on the types of minority groups, most papers deals with the concept of stereotype as connected to the issue of race or gender, with extremely very few papers related to the disabled person (OTT, 2005), stressing the theme's importance. The study intends to correlate the Theory of Social Role, developed by Jacob Moreno (1975), to this reality, which accepts the incapability role attributed by the stereotypes that society brings (SANDERS, 2006).
Disability; Incapability; Stereotype
