Overview of inclusion of students with disabilites in higer education of Juiz de Fora, MG

Abstract

This work has sought to help break this educational paradigm, focusing mainly on higher education. It can be justified by the current need to establish processes and methodologies in educational policies which deal with higher education which privileges human diversity. In order to do so, knowledge already produced on the theme of inclusion – specifically concerning higher education- was sought in authors such as Mansini and Bazon (2006), Delpino (2004), Moreira (2005), Gomes and Lima (2006), Perini (2006), Chahin (2006), Pellegrin (2006), Ferreira (2006), Rodrigues (2007), and Pereira (2007). The aim of this dissertation was to do a survey of the students with disabilities in process of inclusion in the higher education institutions of Juiz de Fora. Methodologically, this research was a survey carried out to know how many students with disabilities are enrolled in the higher education institutions of Juiz de Fora. The tool used was a semi-structured interview applied to the course coordinators of the private Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and of one public HEI. The conclusion is that inclusion is a reality in the higher education institutions of Juiz de Fora. Currently, 45 students with disabilities are in the process of inclusion, 37 of whom are in private institutions and 8 in the public ones. Most of them are visually impaired males. They attend evening courses, mostly in the Humanities.