ABSTRACT
The previous chapters presented evidence of multi-layered power relationships in which persons with disabilities studied in different contexts have been systematically forced to remain at the periphery of society. The evidence of the above case studies are interlinked, discussed and theorised in this chapter, especially through the perspective of inequality reduction based on the analysis of power relationships. The case studies encompassed an analysis of different types of power, namely: 1) power to; 2) power over; 3) power with; 4) power as knowledge; and 5) power structure. The first refers to individual autonomy, the second to relational power that clarifies power imbalances among actors, the third to collective power among people with shared values, the fourth to the production of knowledge associated with the production of power relations based on Foucault (1963), and the fifth to the fundamental systematic forces that define the rules of power relations (Frediani, 2010).
