Políticas públicas para surdos: inclusão na educação

Abstract

Bearing in mind the lack of specialized care, difficulties in learning the Portuguese language and the lack of recognition of sign language, this paper discusses the access of people with hearing impairments to regular education considering the advances in public educational policies for inclusion and the legislative and social history of the education of deaf students in Brazil. These inclusive educational policies provide for the bilingual training of students with deafness, in addition to ensuring the teaching of Libras through specialized educational services. Based on theoretical and bibliographical research on educational policies, the aim is to demonstrate that inclusive education is the best instrument for realizing the right of access to education for people with deafness. With this, it is concluded that the implementation of na inclusive education project aimed at the deaf student would matter in mutual gain both for society and for people with deafness.