Estado de la inclusión de personas en condición de discapacidad en la Universidad La Gran Colombia

Abstract

This article presents the results of the developed study about the inclusion of people with disabilities in the University of Gran Colombia, characterizing their opportunities for access and permanence in higher education. The article is developed in four blocks: first, a historical contextualization, that determines the transcendence of the disability throughout the history of the humanity; second, a review of the legislative framework at the national and international levels in the face of disability; later, the theory of disability, physical and sensory, is defined as a parallel between the a priori conceptions of the student and teacher population, through interviews and surveys, and what has been described from the theory of disability physical and sensory, and fourth the presentation of the results of the developed study. For the present article was used the method of qualitative research since it was seen the importance of performing an analysis of the level of compliance with the law of inclusion of people with disabilities, based on this analysis was chosen the case study, using as research techniques surveys and interviews with university staff, in this case students and teachers. The study concluded that low compliance with the inclusion law leads in one way or another to disabled people being excluded from higher education by not providing the necessary guarantees in their establishments for their entry, mobility and permanence, It is for that reason that the proper implementation of the law must be given, thus generating the commitment of the university