“…Stetsenko and Selau (2018) cite that "defectology" is an expression that today seems to be outdated. It was not created by Vygotsky; however, he used it in a theoretical-practical original reframing, which was included in all his work (GIEST, 2018;TOOMELA, 2018;COSTAS;PASSERINO;COMA;BALDASSARRI, 2018;BARROCO, 2018;VEGGETTI, 2018;DAFERMOS, 2015;EVANS, 2003;STETSENKO, 2016STETSENKO, , 2017. Taking into account the term defectology, Gindis (2003, p. 200) points out that [d]efectology is the term that reflects the area of Vygotsky's research and practice that is relevant to contemporary special education and school psychology.…”