Inclusão no ensino superior: a percepção de alunos surdos sobre esse processo no curso de Letras Libras/Língua Portuguesa da UFRN

Abstract

The research aimed to discuss inclusion in higher education from the perception of deaf students in the Libras / Portuguese Language Course of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. It is a descriptive exploratory research of the type of case study that used as tools for data production: 1) the documentary analysis, seeking to understand how the UFRN has been organizing inclusive policies and actions and 2) electronic questionnaires (online) sent to the deaf students of the Course of Libras Letters / Portuguese Language. The answer of 8 deaf students was obtained. The analysis of the documents and, mainly, the information of the 8 participants, made it possible to perceive UFRN's efforts to include deaf students, with specific actions and more general actions aimed at students with disabilities. The participants consider their inclusion positive in the university, highlighting the importance of being in a course that values the sign language as the first language of the deaf individual.