History of students with deafness' education: expanding opportunities?

Abstract

The story of deafs is characterized by clashes, defense, discussion and debate, through differents theoreticals conceptions of the struggle for the right to live as citizens in society and use the language that is convenient for them. To better understand these studies, it´s so important today, understand the diferents issues relating to deaf in Brasil. The bibliographical research allowed to present the main facts occurreds and contributions that theoretical and subject studyings have throughout during the history of deaf people. The results indicate that for a long time the signal was prohibited for the deaf, because he´s considered inferior and unable to live in society. The teaching methods and pedagogics pratices done were submitted to the linguistic factor and approached with the aim of supporting the defense of oral language or signZ language. Currently it has established a new proposal for education through bilingualism, according to the researches that can satisfy the deaf student needs. It concludes that the social possibilities, more specifically, educations of deaf community, were extended, considered the achievements of people with other types of disabilities. It´s important that this education is offered through actions aimed to the development of the people as readers and contribute for the development of them, not only in language but also in its social emancipation.