Accessibility of hearing-impaired people at IFPB through an educational resource in LIBRAS for the practice of handball sportive

Abstract

Despite advancements in recent years concerning the universalization of access to Basic Education, when dealing specifically with students with a disability, one notes that the effective inclusion of such students is still a great challenge. The inclusion of deaf students in physical education classes, for example, is a growing trend, yet there is still a glimpse of a sensitive gap in the promotion of equal and qualified inclusion due to the difficulties and problems that constantly appear in the process of teaching and learning. The methodology adopted in this research is based on a qualitative approach, configured in terms of basic research with an exploratory objective. Data collection procedures were carried out via bibliographic and patent research. We identified a total of 164 records on the subject (11 references, 16 rare periodicals and 137 general works). However, none of these records are related to sports or to the theme of the project in question (glossary in Libras of technical gestures for handball teaching). In the patent bases, no occurrence was identified for a product similar to the one proposed to be researched. The creation of a technical manual in Libras with technical gestures of handball would minimize these language barriers between physical education teachers and deaf students. As previously explained, the main objective of this research was to analyze the relevance of using educational resources in Libras for technical gestures, equipment and specific terms of handball as a tool to assist in teaching this sport to the student community with hearing-impairment.According to data published by IBGE (2012), referring to the 2010 Demographic Census, visual impairment was present in 3.4% of the Brazilian population; motor impairment in 2.3%; hearingimpairment in 1.1%; and mental/intellectual impairment in 1.4%. When we consider people with some difficulty in these skills, we found that 18.8% of the population had difficulty in seeing; 7.0% had difficulty in moving; and 5.1% had difficulty in hearing.