Acessibilidade e inclusão: experiências no cotidiano escolar de alunos que utilizam cadeira de rodas no município de Santa Maria - RS

Abstract

This work has as main subject matter the accessibility and inclusion in the school daily of wheelchair students in the city of Santa Maria-RS. It is proposed the following problematization: which are the accessibility and mobility conditions and how is the locomotion of wheelchair students in the public schools in the city of Santa Maria? In the methodology, it was used applied research, descriptive, of qualitative treatment and procedures of a case study . The used instrument in this study is the interview. The main aim of this research is to investigate the inclusion process of wheelchair students, in the point of view of the architectonic accessibility in public schools of the city of Santa Maria. And, with specific objectives: to verify the inclusion conditions related to the architectural adaptions that exists in the public schools of the city; to analyze the physical space in the public schools and to verify whether there is accessibility for wheelchair students. The theorical reference is the vigent legislation about “Inclusão Escolar e Deficiência Física: Informações Básicas e as condições do sujeito que faz uso de cadeira de rodas ”. It is presented the concept of physical deficiency, and, the difficulties faced by the wheelchair students to the school. The collected data were analyzed from the point of view of daily scholar of wheelchair students, it is showed that the subjects are not satisfied with the public spaces. As conclusion, this work allowed the analysis about the actual situation of the public education in schools of the Santa Maria. The answers to the questions of this research contributes to the field of special education, mainly the subject that lives the wheelchair condition and attend the school daily.