Uma investigação acerca dos processos de inclusão de estudantes com deficiência visual na Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Abstract

It is evident that the presence of People with Disabilities in Higher Education Institutions has been gradually increasing over the last few years.This underscores the urgent need to develop initiatives that enhance their inclusion and accessibility, ensuring adequate and equitable living conditions throughout undergraduate programs and facilitating successful completion. Therefore, the present research aims to identify the conditions and support offered by the Federal University of Paraíba to students with visual impairments, focusing on access, permanence and course completion, legal documents were used as theoretical support. (Brasil, 1988; Brasil, 1996; Brasil, 2015; Brasil, 2016) and studies on the inclusion of people with disabilities (Diniz, 2007; Martins and Silva, 2022; Silva and Pimentel, 2022). To this end, this investigation was carried out using a qualitative approach, using as a data generation instrument the creation of an online form to obtain information about the students targeted by the research, in addition to online meetings through the Google Meet platform in which the interviews, then establishing Field Research. In this way, the results of this investigation reveal the difficulties present in the relationships between professors and other classmates, coexistence with physical and attitudinal barriers, as well as their space for participation and student agency.