O direito de acessibilidade como garantia a educação: uma análise da acessibilidade da pessoa com deficiência motora em uma escola pública de ensino fundamental primeira etapa da zona urbana do municipio de Vargem Grande-MA

Abstract

The right to accessibility was consolidated in the social scenario as a result of the realization of the rights of people with disabilities. Certainly, today it is understood that this right is an ideal to be achieved, after a long historical period of struggles by the disabled movement to meet their needs. Therefore, for the realization of their rights, inclusion practices are necessary, such as the adequacy of spaces to their needs. Therefore, all spaces must be accessible, including educational institutions, since education is a fundamental right in the legal system. This study originated from the observance of the daily barriers faced by a child with physical disability in a public school in the town of Vargem Grande – MA. The objective of this work was to verify if the school where the observation took place meets or not the criteria erected by the norms regarding spatial or architectural accessibility, since accessibility is evidenced as a guarantee of the right to education. The methodology applied is based on bibliographic research on the rights of people with disabilities, with an emphasis on the right to accessibility and education and, in the empirical field, with the application of the check-list technique, with an analysis of the structure of the school from the perspective of the NBR 9050 of ABNT, ending with the use of interviews with the school's employees. The results showed that the school partially meets the accessibility standards, thereby compromising the guarantee of the right to education for disabled students. Finally, it was concluded that accessibility is the first step towards a dignified education, because before the methodological aspects, the disabled student has contact with the structure of the school building, so this aspect should be the first to be observed and an accessible building structure is the minimum expected from an education that provides maximum development for the student.