Open AccessITC, Is this a degree for blind people?
Author(s) -
Claudia Tovar-González,
David Rey García-Cedillo,
Felipe Tijerina-Martínez
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal-health education and welfare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2524-2075
DOI - 10.35429/jhew.2019.5.3.8.16
Subject(s) - inclusion (mineral) , context (archaeology) , principal (computer security) , psychology , assistive technology , pedagogy , degree program , work (physics) , medical education , sociology , engineering , computer science , social psychology , medicine , paleontology , human–computer interaction , biology , operating system , mechanical engineering
Goals: Analyze, the inclusion of disabled people in education or work, because some schools offer the opportunity of studying a degree, giving learning tools in the way they can develop the competences for working. The Technological University of Santa Catarina created a program called Disabled Attention Program (DAP) in 2004. At the beginning just deaf people were assisted, but little by little people with other disabilities were integrated in the program, like blind, handicapped and intellectual disability people. The educative programs offered by the university are: Industrial processes, Business development, Mechatronics, Information technology and communication and others. Methodology: We did a qualitative analysis focused on the career of Information and communication technologies, on blind students, although the number of students has been limited to a few, just 2 of them have finished their career and the others have quit for many reasons. In this case the tool is a survey made of open and closed questions. The principal contribution of this research is to guide the students in a better way, by demonstrating them the real context of the career, so they can make a good decision about what they want to study.