Escrita de sinais: rompendo as barreiras da acessibilidades e comunicação

Abstract

SignWriting is a writing proposal for sign languages that aims to promote literacy and provide deaf students with access to knowledge. We believe in Sign Writing as an important tool for the inclusion of deaf people and its use would provide them with a better understanding of information that is so essential for exercising their citizenship. This work had the general objective of reflecting on the social role of Sign Writing in the lives of deaf people. Specific objectives include: Understanding the main difficulties faced by deaf people in acquiring language and writing signs; Discuss the possibilities of writing signs for deaf people and their difficulties with writing Portuguese; Report the benefits that Sign Writing would bring to the deaf, especially in access to information. Aware of the difficulties that deaf people face when acquiring language and learning to write, for decades, scholars have been carrying out research in order to deepen their understanding of learning, resolve possible doubts and seek solutions to these problems, among which we mention : Barreto (2015), Stumpf (2004;2005), Quadros (2008), Silva (2012), Dallan (2013), Ribeiro (2016), among others. Thus, the present study was based on bibliographical research through the search for scientific articles and publications that corresponded to the topic addressed, as well as a survey of productions translated into Sign Writing and tools created to help deaf people communicate. Through this we can learn about the reality of people with deafness and what Sign Writing represents socially for them.