A INCLUSÃO DE ALUNOS COM DEFICIÊNCIA VISUAL NA REDE PÚBLICA

Abstract

This work aims to conceptualize what low vision is, its physiological origin and the barriers, encountered by teachers to meet the special educational needs of these students in the regular classroom, in regular education, being guided by bibliographic research carried out by scholars of the subject in question. It is worth mentioning that due to the pandemic that has been faced since 2019, much of the data reported in this document has a purely theoretical reference, in view of this, the present article presents its development of a qualitative nature. To this end, bibliographic reviews were carried out on relevant topics, which involve inclusive education in the historical context and in the present day, contextualizing a brief trajectory of Brazilian legislation. The theme Visual Impairment, its concepts and causes, as well as the importance of a school having teachers prepared to serve students with special needs will be exposed, as well as the use of assistive technologies in the classroom. From the results obtained, it is possible to become aware of how important the participation of teachers is in the inclusion of students with disabilities in the basic education network, since, even though there are laws that guarantee rights to students with disabilities in schools, there are still barriers to be transposed.