Acessibilidade e inclusão na literatura infantojuvenil: uma análise do livro serei sereia?

Abstract

The main objective of the work was to conduct an investigation on accessibility and inclusion in children's literature through the analysis of the book I will be a mermaid?, by Kely de Castro. In this perspective, we seek to analyze the ideas that deal with accessibility and inclusion related to people with deficiency. We present laws and discussions about inclusion to, later, think about how these ideas appear in the book I will be a mermaid?. The book deals with the story of a girl who lives torn between the real and the imaginary world and who faces problems at school because she has a physical disability. We believe that these problems occur because the world around Inaê is not inclusive; on the contrary, it is full of spaces and exclusionary practices. The book's history, therefore, provides a reflection on the existence of accessibility, inclusion and exclusion. The methodology we used was bibliographical, moving through laws, books, online periodicals, magazines and newspapers to achieve a theoretical basis for discussion. We found that, through children's literature, it is possible to address fundamental issues for the formation of critical readers of the text and society. The results show that our reflection has elements that make us rethink both educational and social practices in relation to people with disabilities, because there is still prejudice and a lack of public policies to support this group. The implemented policies, as much as they ensure the rights of the disabled, still need awareness, an element that makes and remakes the subject in the world. Roles such as those of school and community need to be rethought in society.