BRAILLE AND ITS PECULIARITIES IN THE TEACHING OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE

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https://doi.org/10.34019/2447-5246.2022.v27.38651

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Reading and writing enable communication in a more systematized way. They appear as a human achievement not only for recording facts, but also as an extension of memory. In this sense the Braille system fulfills its role when it inserts the visually impaired person in the world of words, Braille being a kind of intellectual liberation. This article aims to discuss the Braille system and techniques that involve the literacy process of people with visual impairment. Inclusive education provides a better coexistence for the learner, who are entitled to this access for their development, and the Braille method is an essential content for this teaching-learning process to be used, and it must be providing this access, it is necessary a strong preparation of professionals who are committed to dealing with the diversity that exists in the classroom.

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Luciane Maria Molina Barbosa, Universidade de São Paulo - USP

Doctoral Student in Special Education, University of São Paulo - USP; Master in Education, by the Graduate Program in Education and Human Development: Formation, Policies and Social Practices at the University of Taubaté - UNITAU; Specialist in Specialized Educational Assistance - Júlio de Mesquita Filho State University - UNESP-SP

Denyse Moreira Guedes, Universidade Fernando Pessoa

Post-Doctorate in Communication Sciences and Technologies from the University of Aveiro/Portugal. Post-Doctorate in Human and Social Sciences with a Specialization in Social Work from Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Porto/Portugal. PhD in International Environmental Law from the Catholic University of Santos (UniSantos). Specialist in Criminal Law from Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (FMU/SP). Attorney. Social Worker. Audio describer.

Cássia Geciauskas Sofiato, Universidade de São Paulo - USP

Professor at the Faculty of Education of the University of São Paulo (FEUSP), at the Department of Philosophy and Sciences of Education (EDF) and at the Graduate Program in Education. He carried out a Post-Doctoral internship at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal. She served as a visiting professor at the University of Porto, in Portugal, by the Print-Capes Public Notice (2020 and 2021). Doctor and Master in Arts from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and graduated in Pedagogy from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas.

João Casqueira Cardoso, Universidade Fernando Pessoa

Doctorate in Law from the European University Institute of Florence. Associate Professor at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of the Fernando Pessoa University - Portugal. Coordinator of the Masters in Humanitarian Action, Cooperation and Development at Universidade Fernando Pessoa. He is Reader of the UNESCO Chair 812 Youth, Education and Society, Catholic University of Brasília.

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2023-01-12

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Barbosa, L. M. M., Guedes, D. M., Sofiato, C. G., & Cardoso, J. C. (2023). BRAILLE AND ITS PECULIARITIES IN THE TEACHING OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE. Educação Em Foco, 27(1), 27067. https://doi.org/10.34019/2447-5246.2022.v27.38651

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Vol. 27 No. 1 (2022): Fluxo Contínuo

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