Políticas Públicas de Acessibilidade nas Instituições de Ensino: tecnologia assistiva na biblioteca do IFNMG Campus Januária

Abstract

The accessibility issue has been discussed in educational environments. In law, is conceptualized and interpreted as the elimination of architectural barriers in the environment and adequacy of means of transport, provision of equipment and as special features for people with disabilities can have access to information, media adaptation and signaling. In educational institutions, accessibility includes interpretations that could provide learning, teaching and training. This study aims to identify, describe, analyze and evaluate from the point of view of students with disabilities, servers and library sector managers are learning how public policies and conditions of accessibility and inclusion in educational institutions and assistive technology in the library IFNMG Campus Januaria meet the regulations and legislation concerning persons with disabilities and accessibility and the concept of the term difference and identity. Participants were: four students identified with disabilities daily at school who had physical disabilities, visual and multiple, enrolled in high school, technical and higher education, five of library servers distributed in three shifts and three managers of care related to teaching area . Data collection was conducted through semi-structured interviews. A roadmap has been prepared and appropriate in order to capture the perception of the subjects. We conducted a pretest with graduate student that allowed the analysis of the transcribed material. The collection procedure consisted of interviews, audio-recorded and later transcribed. Data analysis was performed using content analysis, which led to five themes that were about: inclusion of students with disabilities in regular education, accessibility, assistive technologies; The IFNMG - Campus Januária its library and to meet the conditions students with disabilities; knowledge about legal and law related to inclusive education. The results indicated that accessibility and assistive technology were absent during the academic student with disabilities, regardless of the type of disability also not known assistive technologies in the library, there is a lack of planning projects and programs for school inclusion of students with disabilities. According to participants, there is a demand and there is a need to create conditions for accessibility and services in the institution. It was reported the existence of architectural barriers, lack of adaptation of equipment and furniture, lack of access to student support services, educational and attitudinal barriers present in interpersonal relationships, lack of infrastructure development activities and access to information , lack of legal provisions on school inclusion on the part of respondents in IFNMG Januária campus. The importance of the study is to indicate that accessibility besides being a plural concept with assistive technologies are a way for the inclusion of students with disabilities in the educational context.