Ableism and accessibility in higher education: A case study regarding a wheelchair user in a psychology course
The purpose of this article is to discuss accessibility and ableism in Higher Education from the academic trajectory of a psychologist with physical disabilities/a wheelchair user. To this end, concepts such as disability, inclusion, accessibility and ableism are discussed. For the production of da...
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Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul
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The purpose of this article is to discuss accessibility and ableism in Higher Education from the academic trajectory of a psychologist with physical disabilities/a wheelchair user. To this end, concepts such as disability, inclusion, accessibility and ableism are discussed. For the production of data, a semi-structured interview was carried out with a wheelchair user, who was invited to speak, among other aspects, about his inclusion in Higher Education in a Psychology undergraduate course. In addition to this interview, the data was complemented by informal conversations to resolve any questions about what had been discussed during the interview. Data analysis followed the principles of Textual Discourse Analysis, with the steps of unitarization, categorization and construction of a metatext. Among the results, the following stand out: ableist manifestations in different situations that influenced the participant’s professional training; aspects related to (in)accessibility to services offered by the university; and a lack of knowledge about the characteristics of academics with disabilities as a disadvantage to their inclusion. As possibilities for advances in improving the quality of inclusion in Higher Education, there should be more dialogue with persons with disabilities, including organizing discussion groups within the university environment as one step towards reducing barriers against inclusion.
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| spelling | doaj.art-397a453af00d40279dfdf8449c09de622023-12-14T20:55:18ZengUniversidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do SulContexto & Educação0102-87582179-13092023-12-013812010.21527/2179-1309.2023.120.13401Ableism and accessibility in higher education: A case study regarding a wheelchair user in a psychology courseFábio Alexandre Borges0Jurema Lindote Botelho Peixoto1Universidade Estadual do Paraná – UnesparUniversidade Estadual de Santa Cruz The purpose of this article is to discuss accessibility and ableism in Higher Education from the academic trajectory of a psychologist with physical disabilities/a wheelchair user. To this end, concepts such as disability, inclusion, accessibility and ableism are discussed. For the production of data, a semi-structured interview was carried out with a wheelchair user, who was invited to speak, among other aspects, about his inclusion in Higher Education in a Psychology undergraduate course. In addition to this interview, the data was complemented by informal conversations to resolve any questions about what had been discussed during the interview. Data analysis followed the principles of Textual Discourse Analysis, with the steps of unitarization, categorization and construction of a metatext. Among the results, the following stand out: ableist manifestations in different situations that influenced the participant’s professional training; aspects related to (in)accessibility to services offered by the university; and a lack of knowledge about the characteristics of academics with disabilities as a disadvantage to their inclusion. As possibilities for advances in improving the quality of inclusion in Higher Education, there should be more dialogue with persons with disabilities, including organizing discussion groups within the university environment as one step towards reducing barriers against inclusion. https://revistas.unijui.edu.br/index.php/contextoeducacao/article/view/13401AccessibilityAbleismInclusion in Higher EducationPersons with disabilities |
| spellingShingle | Fábio Alexandre Borges Jurema Lindote Botelho Peixoto Ableism and accessibility in higher education: A case study regarding a wheelchair user in a psychology course Contexto & Educação Accessibility Ableism Inclusion in Higher Education Persons with disabilities |
| title | Ableism and accessibility in higher education: A case study regarding a wheelchair user in a psychology course |
| title_full | Ableism and accessibility in higher education: A case study regarding a wheelchair user in a psychology course |
| title_fullStr | Ableism and accessibility in higher education: A case study regarding a wheelchair user in a psychology course |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ableism and accessibility in higher education: A case study regarding a wheelchair user in a psychology course |
| title_short | Ableism and accessibility in higher education: A case study regarding a wheelchair user in a psychology course |
| title_sort | ableism and accessibility in higher education a case study regarding a wheelchair user in a psychology course |
| topic | Accessibility Ableism Inclusion in Higher Education Persons with disabilities |
| url | https://revistas.unijui.edu.br/index.php/contextoeducacao/article/view/13401 |
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