Self- Projections in the Future of Deaf College and Graduates

This study aimed at investigating life projects in an ethical perspective in sixteen deaf people who had enrolled in higher education. It was asked, through the Piagetian clinical method in sign language, about their future projects. The participants presented different projects of life, especially for ‘professional activity, ‘academic’ and ‘loving relationship’. The projects were mainly of type ‘self-centered with self-recognition’ and ‘connected’, implying a reflection on the value of self-recognition, mutual recognition needed and connection with the others, society and the deaf community. This community appeared as the protagonist in the projects of academic and professional activities, focused on educational inclusion specific to deaf people. It was concluded that the life projects of deaf adults of this research were mostly from a moral and ethical perspective, since they presented content of self-respect and moral values related to the good coexistence in society. The results may be useful to reflect on public policies aimed at promoting accessibility in education to deaf people.