NORMAL IS TO BE DIFFERENT: SEEING LIFE FROM ANOTHER ANGLE
Abstract
IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT INCLUSION IS BASICALLY ACCEPTING ANY PERSON IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS REGARDLESS OF THEIR
PECULIARITIES AND DIFFERENCES, WHICH GENERATES GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL IN DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, WHETHER IN
JOBS OR EDUCATION. HOWEVER, INCLUSION IS NOT WITNESSED IN VARIOUS SOCIAL SPHERES, GIVEN THAT LARGE BARRIERS ARE
STILL IMPOSED ON PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, SUCH AS A LIBRARY, WHERE THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED IS NOT CONTEMFACED
WITH A BRAILLE BOOK, THUS LOSING THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS INFORMATION. THEREFORE, THE PRESENT STUDY AIMED TO
SHOW THE LIMITATIONS THAT A DEFICIENT PERSON EXPERIENCES IN THE CURRENT SOCIETY BY ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW, NOT
EVIDENCING THE DIFFICULTIES FACED BY THESE PEOPLE, BUT RATHER STIMULATING THE REFLECTION OF ALL, MAKING THEY PUT
THEMSELVES IN PLACE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. FOR THIS, A REVERSAL OF WORLDS WAS PROPOSED, THAT IS, AN EXCHANGE OF
EXPERIENCES, WHERE THE NORMAL WAS CONSIDERED DIFFERENT, SHOWING THE DIFFICULTIES IN A WORLD ADAPTED ONLY FOR THE
HANDICAPPED. THUS, SEVERAL DRAWINGS WERE PRODUCED AND EXPOSED IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS, SUCH AS A PARKING LOT,
WHICH IN ITS ENTIRETY MOST OF THE VACANCIES ARE DESTINED TO PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, A FACULTY THAT ONLY
COMMUNICATES IN THE LANGUAGE OF SIGNS, A LIBRARY THAT HAS ONLY BRAILLE BOOKS, A TV SHOW BROADCAST ONLY IN
LIBRAS AND ALSO ESTABLISHMENTS THAT DO NOT HAVE CHAIRS, ONLY TABLES, FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS TO SETTLE. THE VARIOUS
SITUATIONS WERE DRAWN AND COLOURED WITH CRAYONS AND GLUED TO EVA. IN CARDBOARDS, WORDS WERE MADE IN BRAILLE
ABOUT LOVE, RESPECT, EQUALITY, ACCESSIBILITY, AMONG OTHERS. THESE WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS WERE INTERTWINED
WITH SATIN RIBBONS WITH THE ILLUSTRATIONS, ALONG WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE EXPLANATORY PHRASES. ALL THESE ITEMS
COMPRISED A KIND OF CLOTHESLINE TO BE EXPOSED TO THE PUBLIC. AS A RESULT, THE PRESENT WORK WAS PRESENTED AS ONE
OF THE ATTRACTIONS EXHIBITED AT THE V CULTURAL SHOW OF DENTISTRY COURSE OF THE UNIVERSITY CENTER OF ANÁPOLIS
(UNIEVANG�LICA) WHERE IT COULD BE CONTEMED BY ACADEMICS AND PROFESSORS OF THE INSTITUTION AT THE SAME TIME IN
THAT ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS OF THE IDEA EXPLAINED AND ANSWERED DOUBTS ABOUT THE SUBJECT ADDRESSED. IT WAS
CONCLUDED, THEREFORE, THAT THE PRESENT WORK AROUSED THE CURIOSITY AND REFLECTION OF THE SPECTATORS, MAKING THEM
RETHINK THEIR PRECONCEPTIONS AND THE DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED BY THE HANDICAPPED DAILY. BESIDES CONTRIBUTING TO
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HUMANISTIC PROFILE BY THE ALREADY PROFESSIONALS AND FUTURE PROFESSIONALS OF DENTISTRY.
KEYWORDS: INCLUSION. DISABLED. LIMITATIONS.
