O acesso à informação para deficientes visuais em bibliotecas públicas e instituições especializadas de Aracaju

Abstract

The present work of course completion aims to identify how access to information for visually impaired people is given in public libraries and specialized institutions of Aracaju; identify whether public libraries are equipped to broaden communication with the visually impaired; identify which assistive technologies are available to the blind user; to raise in the specialized institutions information on reading, access to information and assistive technologies based on the Brazilian Inclusion Law nº. 13.146 / 15 which deals with access to information as a right to all, with a view to their social inclusion and citizenship. In the methodology was used bibliographical, descriptive and exploratory research with a qualitative approach. In the data collection, a semistructured questionnaire and interview were applied. The population for this research consisted of the Biblioteca Pública Epifânio Dória, Biblioteca Pública Municipal Clodomir Silva, Associação dos Deficientes Visuais de Sergipe (ADEVISE) e a Coordenadoria de Apoio Educacional (COEPD). In view of the information presented in this research it was identified that there are possibilities and resources for access to information aimed at the visually impaired to contribute positively to their insertion in society. However, there are still mainly attitudinal barriers that make this access difficult