SCHOOL INCLUSION OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE IN REGULAR SCHOOLS IN BRAZIL: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDY

Abstract

Bibliometrics consists of a methodological process that makes it possible to synthesize productions related to a given topic, as well as to identify gaps related to the topic that raise new investigations. The present research has as its theme school inclusion and is entitled: School inclusion of the visually impaired in regular schools in Brazil: Bibliographic study. Thus, the analysis of Brazilian productions about the school inclusion of the visually impaired within a time frame, from 2015 to 2022, was carried out. This study aims to know the literary productions about the inclusion of the visually impaired in regular schools in Brazil. For the literary research, the Google Scholar database was used considering only productions in Portuguese. The descriptors for the research were: “school inclusion”, “inclusive education”, “education of the blind”. Generating a result of 16,400 works, these works were analyzed and 38 selected according to the inclusion criteria. After reading the abstracts, a refinement was made resulting in 11 publications. At the end of the analysis, a gap was observed in the understanding of the process of school inclusion for the visually impaired.