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本研究的主要目的在瞭解學校人員對無障礙校園環境的認知，並探討臺北市國民中學無障礙校園設施的運用、設計與問題，同時研擬具體可行之「臺北市國民中學無障礙校園環境檢核表」，作為行政機關及學校的參考。 為達上述目的，本研究採文獻探討、問卷調查、專家座談及實地觀察訪談等四種研究方法。首先透過文獻分析，探討無障礙環境的基本理念與法令、規章的發展概況，及臺北市無障礙校園環境的執行過程；其次，以文獻探討的結果及專家座談的建議，研擬具體可行的「臺北市國民中學無障礙校園環境檢核表」及編製「臺北市國民中學無障礙校園環境調查問卷」，進行問卷調查研究，並輔以實地觀察訪談，以瞭解學校人員對無障礙環境的認知，及臺北市國民中學無障礙校園設施的運用、設計與問題。 本研究的調查對象為臺北市國民中學之校長、總務主任、特教組長、教師及家長會長（或代表），共57所學校，計發出問卷285份，總計收回53所學校260份問卷，回收率為91.2﹪，實得有效問卷260份，並以SPSS 10.0 For Windows軟體進行問卷資料之統計分析；實地觀察訪談對象，依學校規模分大、中、小型（60班以上為大校、59班至35班為中校、34班以下為小校）三組，每組再依建校歷史，以民國79年「殘障福利法」修正公布為準，分新、舊兩組，各抽取一所學校，以該校總務主任為訪談之對象，該校為實地觀察之地點，共6人。 根據文獻探討、問卷調查、專家座談及實地觀察訪談的結果，獲得以下結論： 一、臺北市國民中學認為無障礙校園環境很重要，認知狀況普遍良好，其中以特教組長對無障礙校園環境的認知狀況最好。 二、臺北市國民中學無障礙設施的使用情形尚可，維護情形良好。 三、臺北市國民中學規畫最好的無障礙設施是「坡道及扶手」、「廁所、盥洗室」、「昇降機（電梯）」，最難規劃的無障礙設施是「昇降機（電梯）」、「觀眾席（如視聽教室、禮堂、演藝廳等）」等，尚須改善的無障礙設施有「觀眾席（如視聽教室、禮堂、演藝廳等）」、「昇降機（電梯）」、「避難層出入口」。 四、臺北市國民中學無障礙設施規劃設計上比較困難的因素是原有建築或空間及經費的受限，故臺北市政府教育局應提供協助以建構完善的無障礙校園環境，其中檢核表對臺北市國民中學無障礙校園環境的推動深具價值。 根據研究發現與結論，提出建議如下： 一、臺北市國民中學的無障礙校園環境應整體性規劃，其中特教組長應積極扮演協同的角色，並為師生辦理無障礙校園環境體認等多元活動。 二、臺北市政府教育局應利用儲訓或相關研習加強學校主管的無障礙校園環境理念與實務，對經費補助的方式則應先檢核評估學校整體無障礙環境並以整體規畫、專案補助為主，其中「觀眾席」、「升降機」、「避難層出入口」等設施的新建或修繕補助應列為第一優先，並應提供無障礙校園環境相關諮詢管道與一份完善的無障礙校園環境檢核表以供協助，同時建立各校無障礙設施之基本資料與執行績效評量制度，並對總務人員任期的人事法令予以鬆綁以為配套。 三、其他建議如：各大學院校相關系所應開設無障礙校園環境的相關課程；我國建築技術規則等相關法規應儘速修正並儘速建立人體工學資料。 / The main purpose of this study was to provide an insight into the understanding of staffs in schools of the barrier-free campus environment and to investigate the implementation, design and problems related to the barrier-free campus facilities in junior high schools in Taipei City. In addition, the researcher proposed an applicable “Checklist for the Barrier-Free Campus Environment in Junior High Schools in Taipei City” for the reference of both the authorities and schools. To achieve the above-mentioned objectives, the researcher adopted the methods of literature analysis, questionnaires, seminars and field surveys in this study. First of all, through analysis, the researcher explored the basic ideals, the development of rules and regulations and the process of implementation of the barrier-free campus in Taipei City. Secondly, based on the results from the literature analysis and the suggestions from experts in various seminars, the researcher proposed an applicable “Checklist for the Barrier-Free Campus Environment in Junior High Schools in Taipei City,” designed a “Questionnaire on the Barrier-Free Campus Environment in Junior High Schools in Taipei City,” conducted questionnaire surveys and field surveys to get an insight into the understanding of staffs in schools of the barrier-free campus environment and the implementation, structure and problems related to the barrier-free campus facilities. The research subjects of this study were principals, directors of general affairs, chiefs of special education, teachers, and presidents (or representatives) of parent committee in junior high schools in Taipei. The researcher sent out 285 questionnaires to 57 schools. A total of 260 questionnaires from 53 schools were retrieved. The response rate was 91.2%. SPSS 10.0 For Windows was employed to analyze the 260 effective questionnaires; the subjects of field surveys were classified into three groups according to the size of school (schools of 60 classes or more are large schools, 35-59 medium schools, and 60 schools or less small schools). In each group, 1990, the year in which the Welfare Law for the Handicapped and Disabled was revised, was set as the point of demarcation to divide these schools into two subgroups: old schools and new schools. The researcher chose one school from each subgroup and interviewed the director of general affairs from the chosen schools which were the sites for field surveys. A total of 6 people were interviewed for this study. Based on literature analysis, questionnaires, seminars and field surveys, the researchers reached the following conclusions: A. Junior high schools in Taipei City consider the barrier-free campus environment important. In general, staff at school have good understanding of the barrier-free campus environment, especially chiefs of special education. B. The way in which barrier-free facilities are used is acceptable; the maintenance of barrier-free facilities is satisfactory. C. The best planned barrier-free facilities are “ramps and handrails,” “bathrooms and lavatories” and “hoists (elevators).” The greatest difficulty in planning barrier-free facilities is in “hoists (elevators),” “audience seats (such as those in audio-visual classrooms, auditoriums and performance halls).” Barrier-free facilities which require improvements are “audience seats (such as those in audio-visual classrooms, auditoriums and performance halls),” “hoists (elevators)” and “entrances and exits to refuge floors.” D. The difficult part in structuring barrier-free facilities lies in the limitations of original architecture, space and budget. Therefore, Taipei City’s Department of Education should provide assistance to build up a complete barrier-free campus environment in junior high schools in Taipei City. The checklists are valuable to the promotion of the barrier-free campus environment in junior high schools in Taipei City. Based on these findings, the researcher proposed the following suggestions: A. The barrier-free campus environment in junior high schools in Taipei City should be planned as a whole. Chiefs of special education should play roles of active coordinators, and hold various activities to help teachers and students understand the barrier-free campus environment. B. Taipei City’s Department of Education should make use of various training programs and seminars to enhance the understanding and performances of directors at school. The whole barrier-free campus environment in each school should be evaluated before issuing subsidy. Subsidy should be planned as a whole and issued on a case-by-case basis. Moreover, the installment and repair of “audience seats,” “hoists” and “entrances and exits to refuge floors” should make the top priority on the list of special funds. A complete checklist for the barrier-free campus environment should be provided as support. At the same time, basic data of all the junior high schools in Taipei City and the performance evaluation system in each school should be established. Lastly, terms of staff in general affairs should be more flexible as a supplementary measure. C. Other Suggestions: related departments in every college should provide courses about the barrier-free campus environment; building Code and Regulations in Taiwan should be revised as soon as possible; Ergonomics data should be updated and established as soon as possible.

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The purpose of the study was to determine if occupational investigation teachers and vocational administrators held similar or differing attitudes toward the occupational investigation courses in relation to the mainstreamed handicapped students they served. The following conclusions were warranted from the findings of the analyses of the data. Findings derived from multiple T tests indicate that occupational investigation teachers perceive all survey item statements concerning Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) meetings and the content of Individual Education Programs (IEPs) as occurring to a significantly lesser degree than do vocational administrators. There is no significant discrepancy in their perceptions toward the current practices of occupational investigation teacher training, student assessment, classroom accessibility, course content, or special education assistance described in the survey items. The results of the multiple T tests indicate that there are no significant differences between the attitudes and perceptions of occupational investigation teachers and vocational administrators in Texas toward the future of any of the conditions reflected in the survey items. Teachers and administrators agree that all of the current conditions reflected by the items should be promoted to a higher degree in the future. The results of the multiple T tests indicate a high degree of significance in the disparity between teachers and administrators with regard to their attitudes toward the amount of change and the degree of improvement in the conditions in the survey item statements reflecting ARD committee meetings and the uses of IEPs. However, no significant disparity was found between their perceptions of the difference between the current practice and the optimum condition for items illustrating teacher training, classroom accessibility, course content, student assessment, or special education assistance.

THE ABSTRACT The thesis deals with sibling relationships of twins and triplets when one or more siblings suffer from some health disability or handicap. It outlines the way of life in sibling constellations of twins and triplets. It deals with the topic of a disabled person who has brothers or sisters. It defines family as a pillar of person's life and it focuses on the sibling relationships. The thesis explains the connection between multiple births and the occurrence of disability, and it considers certain aspects of family life, with the main focus on siblings, when one of the siblings suffers from some health limitation. It also describes twins and triplets and their specific features. For example, it shows the development of the identity of each of the siblings, the role of their birth order, the types of relationships that occur in a family with twins and triplets, and the way the siblings may experience the separation from one another. It draws on publications and other sources that deal with sibling constellations and the resulting relationships among the siblings, on the publications on twins and triplets, on children and adults with disability or handicap. Last not least, it draws on personal experience of the author and on the research interviews. Apart from that, the thesis clarifies how twins...

1 Error! Unknown document property name. Abstract The presented master thesis deals with the topic of stereotypical presentations of disabled people in Czech newspapers and with its impact on the audience. This topic build on previous findings regarding repetitive stereotypical images and frames of disabled which were not only studied on newspapers. Simultaneously with those reoccurring frames and images we can also find positive of negative labels which are used in connection with disabled in newspapers. The work examines whether these phenomena occur also in Czech online and printed news. Using qualitative content analysis phenomena mentioned above were searched in randomly selected one hundred news. Requirement for choosing articles to selection was that the articles content need to be whole about handicapped people. Precisely, based on previous literature the text were analyzed and it was searched for narrative frames or models, stereotypical frames and labels that could be presented in texts. The purpose of this analysis was not only to demonstrate that those frames or labels are present in Czech newspaper articles but also make an attempt to fins new stereotypical frames or labels that those texts may contain. The second part of the analysis is to verify whether the public perceives these...

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-22T17:27:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tatiane Fer.pdf: 881292 bytes, checksum: a4177bfb221b02d28b4e5407edadbe72 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-09-30 / The Labor Law is an essential social right, assured by the Legal Order, as it is established in the Chapter II, Title II, of the Federal Constitution of 1988 (BRASIL, 1988). Furthermore, the social value of work is among the basics of the Federative Republic of Brazil. As an essential social right, it is guaranteed to all, in which any form of arbitrary discrimination is forbidden. Concerning handicapped people, the subsection XXXI, of the 7th article, of the Carta Maior, expressly forbids the discrimination concerning income and admission of these people. However, historical records show that handicapped people have faced discriminatory conducts which, considering the stigma that they do not have the conditions to perform a laboring activity successfully, and making their access to the labor market much more difficult. Thus, considering that the Labor Law is an essential right which should be materialized to all, regardless of peculiarities that each human being may present, we aimed to carry out a study on the right to work for handicapped people, based on the constitutional consolidation of the right of reserving places for these people in examinations for the provision of public positions. With the present work, we have also aimed to study the existing impasse between the legal protection granted to handicapped people for the access to public positions and jobs and the principles which rule the public administration, taking into consideration that, nevertheless the placed right, our courts have faced a considerable number of demands which discuss the right of participation of such people in the public examinations. Therefore, we aimed to check through judgments rendered by the Court of Justice of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, by the Federal Court of Appeals from the 4th Region, as well as Supreme Court of Justice and the Federal Supreme Court, what are the main obstacles faced by this segment for the materialization of the right to access to public positions, with the purpose of contributing with the expansion of insertion of these workers in the public service. So, it experienced the refusal of the registrations of handicapped people in public examinations, when the anomaly of the candidate was not in the list of those diseases legally considered for the purpose of an inclusive policy; with the refusal of registration of handicapped people in cases in which, due to the anomaly, they are not considered apt to perform the position which they intended to apply for, as well as the absence of appointment of those candidates approved due to being set aside or, still, when considered inapt to perform the positions to which they applied for. These are the main issues we aimed to approach and which led to the proposal of the present work, with the intention to contribute for the insertion of such workers in the public service / O Direito do Trabalho é um direito social fundamental, assegurado pela Ordem Jurídica, pois é previsto no Capítulo II, do Título II, da Constituição Federal de 1988 (BRASIL, 1988). Ademais, o valor social do trabalho figura entre os fundamentos da República Federativa do Brasil. Como direito social fundamental é garantido a todos, sendo vedada qualquer forma de discriminação arbitrária. No que diz respeito às pessoas com deficiência, o inciso XXXI, do artigo 7º, da Carta Maior, expressamente veda a discriminação no tocante ao salário e à admissão dessas pessoas. Entretanto, registros históricos demonstram que as pessoas com deficiência têm-se deparado com condutas discriminatórias que, a partir do estigma de que não possuem condições de exercer uma atividade laboral exitosa, obstaculizam o acesso desses cidadãos ao mercado de trabalho. Assim, considerando-se que o Direito do Trabalho é um direito fundamental que deve ser concretizado a todos, independentemente das peculiaridades que cada ser humano pode apresentar, pretendeu-se realizar um estudo sobre o direito das pessoas com deficiência ao trabalho, com base na consagração constitucional do direito de reserva de vagas à categoria nos concursos para o provimento de cargos públicos. Com o presente trabalho, objetivou-se, igualmente, estudar o impasse existente entre a proteção jurídica conferida aos deficientes para o acesso aos cargos e empregos públicos e os princípios que regem a administração pública, levando-se em conta que, não obstante o direito posto, nossos pretórios têm-se defrontado com um grande número de demandas que discutem o direito de participação de tais pessoas nos concursos públicos. Destarte, buscou-se verificar, através dos julgamentos proferidos pelo Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, pelo Tribunal Regional Federal da 4ª Região, bem como através do Superior Tribunal de Justiça e do Supremo Tribunal Federal, quais os principais obstáculos enfrentados por esse segmento para a concretização do direito de acesso aos cargos públicos. Assim, deparou-se com o indeferimento das inscrições das pessoas com deficiência nos concursos públicos, quando a anomalia do candidato não estava prevista no rol daquelas doenças legalmente consideradas para o fim da política inclusiva; com o indeferimento das inscrições das pessoas com deficiência nas hipóteses em que, em razão da anomalia, não são consideradas aptas para o desempenho da função do cargo para o qual pretendiam concorrer à vaga, bem como com a falta de nomeação dos candidatos aprovados por serem preteridos ou, ainda, quando considerados inaptos para o desempenho das funções do cargo para o qual concorreram. Essas são as questões centrais que se pretendeu abordar e que levaram à propositura do presente trabalho, com o propósito de contribuir para a ampliação da inserção destes trabalhadores no serviço público

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:33:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cristiana Beatrice Lykouropoulos.pdf: 1001052 bytes, checksum: 3dde4c4d558be0c3bf82ace067ed911f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-09-25 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The present study focuses on the politics of handicapped students inclusion in the schools of the Municipal General office of Education of Maceió-AL, as well as its incorporation by schools from this teaching net. The aim of this work was, firstly, to analyze the politics of handicapped students inclusion in ordinary classes, in the period of the Political-pedagogic Project Pluriannual Plan 2001/2004 , through analysis of documents, statistic data about the handicapped students' situation assisted by that teaching net and of the reports of members from the Department of Special Education. The data was collected from 2001 to 2006, because the Pluriannual Plan, which would have finished in 2004, continued until 2006. Secondly, the way those politics have been appropriated for schools was investigated, through school documents and reports of directors, technical team and teachers from two municipal primary teaching schools. The hypotheses that orientated the investigations were: a) the handicapped students' access and permanence, how these actions are being conducted in the politics of school inclusion, covering the selective character of the Brazilian school; and b) the characteristics of the schools and the way the school teams appropriate from the proposals, and the political actions empower in a different way the implantation of the inclusion. Hutmacher s (1995) and Cury s (1998) contributions concerning the analyses of the government laws and the school appropriation of them, Bourdieu s findings (1998) related to the force of the representations legitimated by an authority referendum, and indicators pointed by Bueno and collab. (2004) in the field of the politics of special education supplied theoretical elements and analysis perspectives that orientated this research. The main discoveries were that, although the access is legally guaranteed, the data do not necessarily confirm it and the objective conditions of permanence are far away from be contemplated with satisfactory results of the handicapped students' education. The configuration of the school organization and the changes in the pedagogic processes assumed different shapes in each of the researched schools, because of the different appropriation ways each school had of the politics, however, the hegemonic representations were a strong condition of those appropriations / O presente estudo tem como foco as políticas de inclusão de alunos com deficiência na rede de ensino da Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Maceió-AL, bem como a sua incorporação por escolas dessa rede. O objetivo foi, de um lado, analisar as políticas de inclusão de alunos com deficiência em classes comuns, no período de vigência do Projeto Político-Pedagógico Plano Plurianual 2001/2004, por meio de análise de documentos, de dados estatísticos sobre a situação dos alunos com deficiência atendidos por essa rede e do relato de membros do Departamento de Educação Especial. Os dados coletados se circunscreveram ao período de 2001 a 2006, na medida em que o Plano Plurianual, que teria sua vigência até 2004, permaneceu em vigor até o ano de 2006. De outro lado, foram investigadas as formas pelas quais essas políticas têm sido apropriadas por escolas, por meio de documentos escolares e por relatos de dirigentes, equipe técnica e professores de duas escolas de ensino fundamental da rede municipal. As hipóteses que nortearam as investigações foram: a) o acesso e a permanência dos alunos com deficiência, da forma como vêm sendo operacionalizados a partir das políticas de inclusão escolar, acobertam o caráter seletivo da escola brasileira; e b) as características das escolas e a forma como as equipes escolares se apropriam das propostas e ações políticas potencializam de modo diferente a implantação da inclusão. As contribuições de Hutmacher (1995) e Cury (1998) no tocante às análises das normas governamentais e sua apropriação pelas escolas, de Bourdieu (1998) em relação à força das representações legitimadas por um referendo de autoridade e dos indicadores apontados por Bueno e col. (2004) no campo das políticas de educação especial forneceram elementos teóricos e de perspectivas de análise que nortearam esta pesquisa. Os principais achados foram que, embora o acesso esteja legalmente garantido, os dados não necessariamente o confirmam e as condições objetivas de permanência estão longe de serem contempladas com resultados satisfatórios de escolarização dos alunos com deficiência. A configuração da organização escolar e as mudanças nos processos pedagógicos assumiram formatos distintos em cada uma das escolas pesquisadas, em razão das diferentes formas de apropriação que cada uma delas fez das políticas, entretanto, as representações hegemônicas foram um forte condicionante dessas apropriações

Orientador: Lígia Maria Presumido Braccialli / Banca: Júlio Romero Ferreira / Banca: Tânia Moron Saes Braga / Resumo: A compreensão da importância da aplicação dos vários recursos e estratégias de ensino, utilizados em sala de aula, é fundamental para a obtenção de respostas a questões que envolvem um ensino heterogêneo, que respeite a diversidade dos alunos e possibilite sua aprendizagem. Objetivou-se com esse estudo identificar a percepção do professor do ensino regular da cidade de Marília sobre recursos e estratégias para o ensino do aluno deficiente e sua relação com o processo de ensino e aprendizagem desse aluno quando inserido em sala de aula. Participaram do estudo 68 professores da cidade de Marília que tinham alunos deficientes inseridos em suas salas. A pesquisa foi realizada através de dois estudos específicos. 1) Mudanças na prática pedagógica, identificadas pelo professor do ensino regular, para o ensino do aluno deficiente inserido em sua sala, e 2) Percepção do professor sobre sua prática pedagógica, para o ensino do aluno deficiente inserido em sua sala... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Understanding the importance of using various teaching resources and strategies in the classroom is fundamental to find the answers to issues involving a heterogeneous teaching that respects the students' diversity and promotes their learning. The purpose of the present study was to identify the regular school teacher's perception of the resources and strategies to teach handicapped children and the relationships between the teaching and learning of this student when inserted in the classroom. Sixty-eight teachers in the city of Marilia who had handicapped children inserted in their classrooms participated in the study. The research was carried out in 2 specific studies: 1) Changes in the pedagogical practice identified by the regular school teachers who had handicapped students in their classrooms, and 2) The teachers' perception of their pedagogical practice in teaching the handicapped student inserted in their classrooms... (Complete abstract, click electronic address below) / Mestre

Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T15:25:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Neuma Chaveiro.pdf: 5331512 bytes, checksum: be70c1881af4f07e3e7dd0bb8aa23138 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-11-29 / Introduction: The evaluation of the quality of life of the deaf community is limited by the difficulties of communication in the oral and written language, thence the necessity of developing reliable instruments in sign language with methodological strictness that includes particular characteristics of the deaf people. Among the cultural lines of the deaf community, sign language is the most emphasized one: besides being a linguistical system, it is an element of constitution of the deaf person identity. In Brazil, it is legally assured the deaf the right to communicate in his natural language, that is, Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS), with no imposition of the usage of the majority language of the country. This doctoring thesis is part of the WHOQOL-LIBRAS project, a result of a partnership between Federal University of Goiás, World Health Organization and Brazil´s WHOQOL group in Federal University of Rio Grande Do Sul. In order to perform the WHOQOL-LIBRAS project, it was divided into two sub-projects with distinct but interdependent stages: Project 1 - Construction of the WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-DIS versions in LIBRAS; Project 2 - Application/validation of the WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-DIS instruments in the LIBRAS version. This thesis comprises Project 1. General Objective: Build the LIBRAS version of the WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-DIS instruments to evaluate the brazilian deaf community quality of life. Methods: A transversal and exploratory study, designing based in the Methodological Research. The methodology proposed by the World Health Organization was used and adapted to the deaf community, and in accordance with the criteria established with Brazil WHOQOL group, the accomplishment of the project was divided into 13 phases: 1. creation of the QUALITY OF LIFE sign; 2. development of the answer scales in LIBRAS; 3. translation by a bilingual group; 4. recouncilling version; 5. first retrotranslation; 6. production of the version in LIBRAS to be provided to the focal groups; 7. realization of the Focal Groups; 8. review by a monolingual group; 9. revision by the bilingual group; 10. semantic/syntactic analysis and second retrotranslation; 11. re-evaluation of the retrotranslation by the bilingual group; 12. recording the final version into the software in studio; 13. software development of the WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-DIS instruments into the LIBRAS version. Results: Peculiar characteristics of the deaf people culture pointed to the necessity of adaptations in the application methodology of focal groups when it is compound by deaf people. The writing conventions of the signed languages are yet not consolidated, thus, some difficulties were faced in graphically register the translation phases of Portuguese into LIBRAS. Linguistics structures that caused major problems in translation were those that included portuguese idiomatic expressions, for many of them are no equivalent concepts between Portuguese and LIBRAS. In the end, it was possible to build up a WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-DIS software in LIBRAS. Conclusion: The WHOQOL-BREF and the WHOQOL-DIS in LIBRAS will allow the deaf to express about the quality of life in an autonomous way, and this will make possible to investigate more accurately the issues of deaf people quality of live. Besides, the WHOQOL-BREF and the WHOQOL-DIS in LIBRAS will be part of the World Health Organization instruments for evaluating quality of life. / Introdução: A avaliação da qualidade de vida da população surda é limitada pelas dificuldades de comunicação na língua oral e escrita, daí a necessidade de desenvolver instrumentos confiáveis em língua de sinais com rigor metodológico que inclua as características particulares do povo surdo. Dentre os traços culturais da população surda, o que mais se destaca é a língua de sinais: além de ser um sistema linguístico, é um elemento de constituição da identidade da pessoa surda. No Brasil, é garantido legalmente o direito ao surdo de se comunicar na sua língua natural, ou seja, na Língua Brasileira de Sinais (LIBRAS), sem imposição ao uso da língua majoritária do país. Essa tese de doutorado faz parte do projeto WHOQOL-LIBRAS, resultado da parceria entre a Universidade Federal de Goiás, a Organização Mundial de Saúde e o Grupo WHOQOL do Brasil na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Para sua execução o projeto WHOQOL-LIBRAS foi dividido em dois projetos, com etapas distintas, mas interdependentes: Projeto 1 Construção da versão em LIBRAS do WHOQOL-BREF e WHOQOL-DIS; Projeto 2 Aplicação/validação da versão em LIBRAS dos instrumentos WHOQOL-BREF e WHOQOL-DIS. A presente tese constitui o Projeto 1. Objetivo geral: Construir a versão em LIBRAS dos instrumentos WHOQOL-BREF e WHOQOL-DIS para avaliação da qualidade de vida da população surda brasileira. Métodos: Estudo transversal e exploratório, delineado com base na Pesquisa Metodológica. Utilizou-se a metodologia proposta pela Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS), adaptada para população surda, e em acordo com os critérios estabelecidos com o Grupo WHOQOL do Brasil a execução do projeto foi dividida em 13 etapas: 1. criação do sinal QUALIDADE DE VIDA; 2. desenvolvimento das escalas de respostas em LIBRAS; 3. tradução por um grupo bilíngue; 4. versão reconciliadora; 5. primeira retrotradução; 6. produção da versão em LIBRAS a ser disponibilizada aos grupos focais; 7. realização dos grupos focais; 8. revisão por um grupo monolíngue; 9. revisão pelo grupo bilíngue; 10. análise sintática/ semântica e segunda retrotradução; 11. reavaliação da retrotradução pelo grupo bilíngue; 12. filmagem em estúdio da versão final para o software; 13. Desenvolvimento do software dos instrumentos WHOQOL-BREF e WHOQOL-DIS na versão em LIBRAS. Resultados: Características peculiares da cultura do povo surdo apontaram a necessidade de adaptações na metodologia de aplicação de grupos focais quando compostos por pessoas surdas. As convenções de escrita das línguas sinalizadas não estão consolidadas, por isso encontrou-se dificuldades em registrar graficamente as etapas de tradução do Português para LIBRAS. As estruturas linguísticas que causaram maiores problemas de tradução foram as que incluíram expressões idiomáticas do Português, muitas das quais não têm conceitos equivalentes entre o Português e a LIBRAS. Ao final foi possível construir um software do WHOQOL-BREF e WHOQOL-DIS em LIBRAS. Conclusão: O WHOQOL-BREF e o WHOQOL-DIS em LIBRAS possibilitarão que os surdos, de maneira autônoma, se expressem no que respeita a qualidade de vida, o que permitirá investigar com mais precisão questões de qualidade de vida das pessoas surdas. Além disso, o WHOQOL-BREF e o WHOQOL-DIS em LIBRAS farão parte dos instrumentos de avaliação de qualidade de vida da Organização Mundial de Saúde.