El bajo desempeño funcional en la escuela: percepción del alumnado de sexto grado de educación primaria a partir de la escala EPADI-1

This research study aims to describe primary school sixth grade students’ perceptions of people with disabilities or with low functional performance. The EPADI-1 scale is applied by using intentional and non-probabilistic sampling of 429 students (220 men and 209 women) from the Region of Murcia (Spain). The results obtained through an exploratory factor analysis show the presence of five factors that answer the objectives of the present study. It is concluded that inclusion processes continue to be insufficient since student perceptions still keep a stereotypical view that leads to the creation of situations that exclude people with disabilities or that exclude peers with low functional performance.