Um estudo preliminar sobre as condições de acessibilidade social na perspectiva dos deficientes visuais no Terminal de Integração e Parque Sólon de Lucena em João Pessoa

Abstract

Throughout the 1990s, the debate about the conditions of social accessibility has been strengthening in the world. In Brazil, this discussion was linked to the Guidelines and Bases Law LDBEN 9394/96, which demonstrates the intensification of inclusion practices in Brazil with a view to welcoming diversity. In this sense, this research consists of a preliminary camp study, whose general objective was to show the perspective of the visually impaired in relation to accessibility conditions in the city of João Pessoa, but specifically in the Integration Terminal and Parque Sólon de Lucena- Lagoon. Specifically, we tried to show the restorations and application of tactile floors in the sidewalks of the Park Sólon de Lucena and terminal of integration by the vision of the visually impaired; describe the welfare public policies for locomotion, access to existing buses and also those existing in other places that could be applied in the city of João Pessoa; and, finally, to describe the Legislation and the ABNT Norms that approach the subject in question. The methodology of the research is qualitative, in the modality of the case study. For that, interviews were conducted at the Institute of the Blind of Paraíba in order to verify the main problems, barriers and difficulties of accessibility in the city and in transportation. It was verified, however, that the city of João Pessoa is not qualified to receive visually impaired people. Problems have been detected such as: sidewalks out of a pattern, bumps, cars on the sidewalks, few places with traffic lights and lack of warning warning of the arrival of the bus.