BILINGUAL LITERACY AS A PREMISE FOR COMMUNICATION ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION OF DEAF STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Literacy; Deaf Education; Inclusion; Higher Education; Documentary Method.
This research aims to discuss the process of inclusion and bilingual literacy of deaf students in higher education. It is a qualitative study that seeks to highlight the life trajectories of the students and their future projections. To achieve this, we will use the documentary method, which allows us to make comparisons within the group itself. The theoretical framework is based on the historical-cultural perspective, which connects us historically to the experiences of the subjects, as well as their language acquisition process and development towards becoming literate individuals. The study will involve 8 deaf students—4 female and 4 males—enrolled in different undergraduate programs at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) and served by the Accessibility and Inclusion Center (NAI). We aim to identify and analyze potential similarities in behaviors influenced by the social environment in which the students have been or are currently immersed, as well as to identify bilingual strategies that these students use to overcome socially imposed communication barriers, which may be unique given the diverse experiences encountered.