Conteúdos digitais e acessibilidade de pessoas com deficiência visual

Abstract

This piece of writing describes, through a literature review, the state of the art in accessibility of digital contents by visually impaired people. This text also emphasizes the importance of access to information in the so called Information Society, as well as the role of communication and information technologies for the promotion of this access. This work stresses the importance of promoting visually impaired people´s access to information due to the fact that it is a basic citizenship right and a basic form of social participation. Therefore, it highlights the contribution of information and communication technologies that, through special procedures, have the possibility of promoting accessibility for all. The compliance with accessibility principles in the digital environment may aloud information and communication technologies to give a real contribution to the promotion of citizenship and social inclusion despite any limitations.

Terminology applied in the study of user information when aimed at visually impaired people

“…The terms used to refer to people having some kind of disability in Brazil have been redefined over the years. Some of the terms attributed to people with disabilities in different periods of history include "disabled," "incapacitated," "handicapped," "deficient," "exceptional," "person living with a disability", "disabled people," and "people with special needs" Oliveira, 2009;Chateau et al, 2012;Malheiros, 2013;Santos, 2012). The terms are considered correct in terms of values and concepts in force in each society and era; therefore, these terms were accepted, used, and replaced, at certain moments in history (Chateau et al, 2012: 66).…”