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A acessibilidade da pessoa surda é cada vez mais premente na sociedade atual. Todo o conhecimento que a sociedade disponibiliza para esta comunidade irá influenciar as suas vivências e o seu conhecimento. Neste sentido, é urgente conhecer como a pessoa surda acede à informação que envolve o conceito de sexualidade.
Deste modo, a presente investigação de cariz qualitativa surge com o intuito de conhecer a opinião da pessoa surda acerca da sexualidade. Para o efeito, recorreu-se à realização de grupos focais com um total de 18 participantes surdos.
Assim, o estudo permitiu investigar as perceções que a pessoa surda tem relativamente ao conhecimento face à sexualidade, de que maneira foi obtido e quais as dificuldades enfrentadas na procura das informações pertinentes.
Os resultados, apesar de poderem estar influenciados pelo estreito número da amostra do estudo, indicaram que a população surda tem a noção dos termos que englobam o conceito de sexualidade, na sua maioria. Mencionando como principais fontes de informação a escola, o médico e a família. Estes meios de informação estão influenciados por barreiras que impedem a acessibilidade da pessoa surda, como a falta de referentes gestuais, o conteúdo disponibilizado pela escola, ao abordar maioritariamente conteúdos biológicos, ou o médico e a família por não saberem LGP para comunicar. Salienta-se, no entanto, a importância da presença do intérprete, que segundo os participantes é fundamental para aceder à informação sobre a sexualidade em locais como o consultório médico ou a televisão, mas a sua presença não é efetiva o que acaba por degradar o acesso a determinados conteúdos sobre a temática.
The accessibility of the deaf person is increasingly in the society of today. All the knowledge that society makes available to this community will influence their experiences and knowledge. In this sense, it is urgent to know how the deaf person accesses the information that involves the concept of sexuality. A present qualitative research arises in order to know the opinion of the deaf person about sexuality. For this purpose, focus groups were used with a total of 18 deaf participants. The study allowed us to investigate the perceptions that the deaf person has regarding knowledge about sexuality, how it was obtained and what the difficulties faced in seeking relevant information. The results, although they may be influenced by the narrow sample number of the study, indicated that the deaf population has a notion of terms that encompass the concept of sexuality, for the most part. Mentioning as main sources of information the school, the doctor and the family. These means of information are influenced by barriers that hinder the accessibility of the deaf person, such as the lack of sign referents, the content made available by the school when addressing mostly biological content, or the doctor and family for not knowing sign language to communicate. However, it’s presence of the interpreter is stressed, which according to the participants is essential to access information about sexuality in places such as the doctor's office or television, but its presence is not effective, which ultimately degrades access to certain content on the subject.
The accessibility of the deaf person is increasingly in the society of today. All the knowledge that society makes available to this community will influence their experiences and knowledge. In this sense, it is urgent to know how the deaf person accesses the information that involves the concept of sexuality. A present qualitative research arises in order to know the opinion of the deaf person about sexuality. For this purpose, focus groups were used with a total of 18 deaf participants. The study allowed us to investigate the perceptions that the deaf person has regarding knowledge about sexuality, how it was obtained and what the difficulties faced in seeking relevant information. The results, although they may be influenced by the narrow sample number of the study, indicated that the deaf population has a notion of terms that encompass the concept of sexuality, for the most part. Mentioning as main sources of information the school, the doctor and the family. These means of information are influenced by barriers that hinder the accessibility of the deaf person, such as the lack of sign referents, the content made available by the school when addressing mostly biological content, or the doctor and family for not knowing sign language to communicate. However, it’s presence of the interpreter is stressed, which according to the participants is essential to access information about sexuality in places such as the doctor's office or television, but its presence is not effective, which ultimately degrades access to certain content on the subject.
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Surdez Sexualidade Informação Intérprete Acessibilidade Deaf Sexuality Information Interpreter Accessibility
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Instituto Politécnico do Porto. Escola Superior de Educação