Os desafios dos alunos com deficiência físico-motora na UFPB: a atuação do aluno apoiador no processo de inclusão

Abstract

This research discusses the importance of the supporting student, within the Supporter Student Program, developed at the Federal University of Paraíba, as a policy to assist students with disabilities and with special educational needs. It starts with a bibliographical review with the purpose of situating the evolution of the policies of recognition and guarantee of the rights of the people with disabilities and with special educational needs, in order to, following, present the results of the qualitative field research, which sought to describe the performance of the supporting students with the students with disabilities and with special educational needs, in order to ensure their permanence in the university. It concludes arguing about the importance and necessity of the program, recognizing its advances, but highlighting the existence of gaps and difficulties that affect the effective reach of its objectives.