Abstract

PIVETTA, Elisa Maria; ALMEIDA, Ana Margarida Pisco; SAITO, Daniela Satomi  and  ULBRICHT, Vania Ribas. Accessibility challenges in higher education: case study in University of Aveiro. Educação. Porto Alegre [online]. 2016, vol.39, n.2, pp.166-174. ISSN 1981-2582.  https://doi.org/10.15448/1981-2582.2016.2.24686.

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.

Keywords : Accessibility; Inclusion; Students with Disabilities; Higher Education.

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