Acessibilidade nos laboratórios de informática da UNIPAMPA: Desenho universal em perspectiva

Abstract

Accessibility in higher education became essential in the last few years, considering the emergence of laws and technical norms in order to ensure the inclusion of everybody, as well as of people with disability. Students with any kind of disability must find technical support, from the University access to the use of Assistive Technology to support learning, researching and community work. The purpose of this final course work is to propose alternatives to computer labs configuration that uses free solutions to promote wide accessibility, considering conditions as visual impairment, hearing loss and motor disabilities. It is based on a case study at UNIPAMPA, which analyses the available computer labs infrastructure from each of its different Campus and proposes solutions to bring them closer to Universal Design. The following steps were performed: a general evaluation of University computer labs accessibility conditions; an accessibility evaluation of Campus Alegrete computer labs; the identification and organization of solutions in software aiming at promoting wide computer labs accessibility; a proposal of accessible computer labs for UNIPAMPA, according to the Universal Design principles; the development of a website in order to provide the software solutions that could be incorporated in computer labs as well presenting the results of the study. This works intends to change the way of thinking accessibility in building or changing computer labs inside and outside UNIPAMPA, informing requirements to be considered regarding physical accessibility and recommending software to support digital accessibility.