Abstract

DA CUNHA SILVA, Samara Louise; MATOS FERREIRA, Raíssa  and  DE LOURDES FREDERICO FUMES, Neiza. Experiences of university students with disabilities in times of remote education as a result of COVID-19. Rev. Educ. Espec. [online]. 2023, vol.36, e67940.  Epub Nov 09, 2023. ISSN 1984-686X.  https://doi.org/10.5902/1984686x67940.

This research is about the experiences of university students with disabilities in relation to remote teaching. It aimed to analyze the experiences of university students with disabilities at a university in the Brazilian Northeast region about remote teaching implemented as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to apprehending the different mediations of this process, supporting us in the assumptions of Socio-Historical Psychology. This is a quali-quantitative study. Therefore, 12 university female students with disabilities answered an online questionnaire, which was analyzed through thematic content analysis, and interpreted from the theoretical-methodological framework adopted in this study. The results pointed to the lack of assistance and specialized monitoring from the management of the university and the Accessibility Center (NAC), in addition to showing the barriers faced in accessing technology, online classes, resources and accessible materials. In conclusion, it is stated that the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the professional training of university female students, aggravating existing inequalities, causing even more invisibility of women with disabilities.

Keywords : Experiences: University female students with disabilities; Socio-Historical Psychology.

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