“Prejudice, in fact, is ignorance”: accessibility actions proposal for the inclusion and permanence of employees with disabilities at a federal university in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract Law guarantees the entry of people with disabilities into the labor market. However, just making the vacancy possible does not guarantee the full inclusion and permanence of these people in the work environment. It is necessary that organizations be prepared and have in their culture the practice of accessibility actions that contribute to this process. This study aimed to propose accessibility actions according to the panorama of inclusion and permanence of servers with disabilities in a Federal University in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul. With a qualitative approach, of an exploratory nature, it was developed with content analysis of information from questionnaires with open questions, applied to 26 servers with disabilities at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). The results found indicate that UFSM is on the way to building an accessible University, but it still has barriers, mainly attitudinal, that can be minimized with proposed accessibility actions. In addition to understanding the panorama of inclusion and permanence of servers with disabilities in a Public University, the present study presents a proposal for accessibility actions that can provide better working conditions for people with disabilities. Also filling a gap in studies aimed at servers with disabilities and about actions that help in their real inclusion and permanence in the work environment. Resumen La entrada de personas con discapacidad al mercado laboral está garantizada por ley. Sin embargo, solo posibilitar la vacante no garantiza la plena inclusión y permanencia de estas personas en el ambiente de trabajo. Es necesario que las organizaciones estén preparadas y tengan en su cultura la práctica de acciones de accesibilidad que contribuyan a este proceso. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo proponer acciones de accesibilidad de acuerdo con el panorama de inclusión y permanencia de los empleados con discapacidad en una Universidad Federal del interior de Rio Grande do Sul. Con un enfoque cualitativo, de carácter exploratorio, se desarrolló con análisis de contenido de informaciones de cuestionarios con preguntas abiertas, aplicados a 26 empleados con discapacidad de la Universidad Federal de Santa María (UFSM). Los resultados encontrados indican que la UFSM está en camino de construir una Universidad accesible, pero aún presenta barreras, principalmente actitudinales, que pueden minimizarse con las acciones de accesibilidad propuestas. Además de comprender el pa