Functional diversity in the visual area: experience lived for a Medicine student

Abstract

This intellectual production shows concepts and results found in the research: functional diversity in the visual area: experience lived by a medical student. The problem arises due to college professors continue to be rooted in traditional models, preventing the development of creative strategies and limiting the capacities to face situations for disadvantaged students. The purpose is to interpret the college student with visual diversity from their life story. This research is carried out from the interpretive paradigm, qualitative approach, using life stories as a biographical method, according to Moreno (2009). The results highlight the role of the mother in the family, the need for teachers' recognition and understanding, the laws that enable social and university inclusion possible, the value of support, personality, and the attitude of the student with this condition. Conclusions: this methodology describes the impact of the: university inclusion-visual functional diversity loop in the university. The contribution consists of presenting the theoretical support and making known the effort made by the students who present this type of diversity to obtain a profession and be recognized.