PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Currently, it is essential that the teacher is able to work with the inclusion of students with disabilities, and that this get professional knowledge on technology. This research was conducted in the Escola Normal Superior (ENS), the Universidade do Estado do Amazonas (UEA), and aimed to understand the politics of inclusion of people with disabilities in higher education of Amazonas. The nature of the research was qualitative, type of action research and the instruments used for data collection was the semi-structured interviews. The research universe corresponded to 20% of students with low vision, enrolled in the ENS. From the results, it follows that the quality of teaching-learning process is compromised when there is lack of equipment or materials themselves for special customers, for example in the library collection, there are no books in Braille or recorded. Or when there is no ongoing training of teaching staff and administration of the institution technician. © 2016 NASEN