Inclusion and/or Integration: the debate is still on in Brazil

The paper states the confusion still present in the Brazilian debates about inclusion and integration. Drawing from the Brazilian legislation and conceptualisations, the paradigmatic difference between inclusion and integration is discussed, and seen by the author as part of a historical process towards further humanisation. Rather than arguing for one or another, it is pointed that in some contexts, because of their histories and timing, perhaps the most appropriate is to consider the existence of both as equally important.