Comunicación, información y prácticas educativas en la lucha anticapacidad

actividades extensionistas en la aplicación de los derechos de las personas con discapacidad

Abstract

Ableism - discrimination and prejudice against people with disabilities - is one of the social issues present in everyday life that requires coordinated actions to raise awareness and inform the population with a view to uprooting these embarrassing practices. In this scenario, the objective of the extension project was to provide the community of the Frutal Microregion with educational and IT tools, aiming to recognize the rights of people with disabilities; the strengthening of anti-capacity struggles and University and Community interaction. In the project development methodology, communication practices were used, which could also be developed by the community at a later stage. The different techniques were designed according to the action and phases of the extension. It encompassed the construction and dissemination through the media in its various languages; traveling conversation circles; making posters; establishment of public-private partnerships. The target audiences were the Association of Parents and Friends of the Disabled (APAE), Associação Abraço Azul, the press in Frutal and the micro-region; Closed students at the Frutal Prison and the Association for the Protection and Assistance of Convicts (APAC); academic community at the Minas Gerais Research Support Foundation (FAPEMIG). A positive impact on the actions was inferred from the results of university extension, seen in the establishment of partnership, participation during the workshop; provision of media space and press coverage.