Tecnologias assistivas e inclusão de estudantes com deficiência visual: estado do conhecimento em dissertações de 2015 a 2020

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyze research carried out on the use of Assistive Technologies (AT) in the process of including students with visual impairments in rural schools. The research, of a bibliographic nature, was carried out through a survey of scientific productions on the Scielo, Sucupira and Google Scholar platforms in the period from 2015 to 2020. The texts used were selected based on the use of the descriptors: assistive technologies, inclusion, disability visual and rural schools. 97 works were collected from a dynamic reading, focusing on the title and summary. After more concentrated reading, four works met the selection criteria. The data was analyzed and systematized according to the results of the selected research. The results pointed to little understanding of the term AT, mainly in relation to its use in the teaching and learning process. The lack of teacher training for the use of AT resources also appears as one of the main obstacles to the teaching and inclusion of students with visual impairments. When searching for the use of assistive technology in rural schools for the inclusion of visually impaired people, no research was found covering such descriptors and it was concluded that the studies were concentrated in urbanized regions.