Fazendo sua história na Universidade perspectivas e políticas de e para pessoas com deficiência (PCDs) na UFOPA

Abstract

The present work aimed to analyze and present the profile of university students with disabilities at the Federal University of Oeste do Pará. It deals with the inclusion and accessibility policies created from the federal government's REUNI program in 2009 – promoting access and democratization to education higher than historically excluded social groups. This work is the result of a survey carried out between January 2020 and June 2021, focusing in particular on People with Disabilities (PCDs), monitoring admission based on quota policies and pedagogical monitoring on the campus of Santarém-PA . From interviews, data analysis pointed to the challenges faced by public higher education in the interior of the Amazon and the reality in which they are inserted. It is argued that accessibility and inclusion are urgent issues that deserve attention from public (and private) educational institutions, in particular higher education, aiming to resolve inequalities. In this sense, such academic production is important, from the perspective of History and Education, we can follow how the teaching and learning policies for People with Disabilities take place.