TRILHANDO CAMINHOS PELA EDUCAÇÃO INCLUSIVA: experimentações e vivências do Projeto Parasitologia Tátil

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.8252316113

• Palavras-chave: Educação em Saúde. Acessibilidade. Educação Inclusiva. Deficiência Visual. Modelos Táteis.

• Keywords: Health Education. Accessibility. Inclusive Education. Visual Impairment. Tactile Models.

• Abstract: The Tactile Parasitology project carries out activities that cross and connect the basic pillars of the public university, with the objective of developing educational resources and actions in favor of the social inclusion of people with disabilities, especially in the school environment, inside and outside the physical space of the university. Inclusion, in addition to an objective, is also its mode of action, with a diverse team made up of sighted people and people with visual impairments. In this article we bring a brief account of the experiences lived during the development of the project that resulted in the production of tactile models of parasites and later in the elaboration of workshops. The construction of the materials involved research on the morphology of parasites that affect the Brazilian population, the study and testing of the best materials for their modeling, as well as the combination of colors that benefit people with low vision. At the moment, the project's collection has 85 three-dimensional biscuit pieces and about 40 tactile schemes. The material was initially developed for undergraduate students in the biomedical area. However, it proved to be suitable for middle and high school students as well. Subsequently, the workshops were created as spaces for exchanging and building new knowledge, forming networks for the improvement and multiplication of actions, thus seeking to contribute to the construction of a more welcoming, egalitarian and inclusive society. The project has a partnership with other extension actions developed at UFF and other institutions. The record of face-to-face actions at schools and events is shared on the project's Instagram profile, @parasitologiatatil, and the materials developed can be accessed on the LICIPP - UFF website (https://licipp.uff.br/). The project has produced results, generating at each step the desire for expansion and improvement and sensitizing the population reached in its actions.