THE LEARNING OF THE LIFE OF A VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON: knowledge and practices in Assistive Technologies
Visual impairment; Knowledge and Practices; Assistive Technology
The focus of the subjects' experiences in their autonomous actions and in their academic studies through assistive technologies are aimed at allowing people with disabilities equal conditions and opportunities in carrying out activities in their daily lives. This research aims to understand the relearning of life through knowledge and practices in assistive technologies of a visually impaired person. With this understanding, we will go through the concepts of memory, knowledge/practices, assistive technology, experience and inclusion, in the wake of what Haulbwachs (1990) teaches us about individual and collective memory; the concept of knowledge from experience pointed out by Josso (2010) and by Bondiaà (2002); knowledge and practices of inclusion in Mantoan (2004); the esperar (1992) and autonomy in Freire (1996). The methodology of the (Auto)biographical research aims to obtain from the research subjects the knowledge of life experiences, to which, in certain aspects, scientific nuances are observed, because it analyzes the peculiarities of the experience of each being, where relevant data are obtained and relevant to social science. He presented the social impacts of knowledge and practices of assistive technologies in the life of a visually impaired person. The processes and feelings that the narrators of this study built on the way to outline their life goal, show the relevance of autobiography and how the process of the subject's experiences and memories are unique and makes the subject protagonist of his story.