Accessibility challenges in higher education: case study in University of Aveiro

This paper presents a case study conducted with the Pedagogical Cabinet of the University of Aveiro (Portugal) aiming to find out in an educational institution, of a first world country, what a higher education institution has been done to the students with disabilities proceed in study, achieving t...

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Autores: Pivetta, Elisa Maria, Almeida, Ana Margarida Pisco, Saito, Daniela Satomi, Ulbricht, Vania Ribas
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Educação
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/24686
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/faced/article/view/24686
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Accessibility. Inclusion. Students with disabilities. Higher education.
Accesibilidad. Inclusión. Alumnos con discapacidades. Enseñanza superior.
Acessibilidade. Inclusão. Alunos com deficiência. Ensino superior.
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Sumario:This paper presents a case study conducted with the Pedagogical Cabinet of the University of Aveiro (Portugal) aiming to find out in an educational institution, of a first world country, what a higher education institution has been done to the students with disabilities proceed in study, achieving the graduation and post-graduation levels. This study enabled to verify that the bigger challenges in accessibility are related to personal attitude, promoting inclusion, and the possibility of having a flexible learning, independent of time and space. The result also confirms the World Health Organization (WHO) statistics, showing that although slow, the number os students with disabilities searching for education in graduation and professional specialization levels is growing.