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- Equidade social na acessibilidade aos espaços escolaresPublication . Pinto, Sandra; Pires Rosa, ManuelaThe concepts of inclusive education and school consider that all students should have the same rights and the same equality of opportunities, regardless their difficulties and characteristics. An analysis of the social and educational paradigms towards inclusive education shows that the school should adjust its educational practice to ensure the educational success of all students and their autonomy in terms of mobility. In this context it is assumed a great importance of environmental factors in the biological-chemical-social model of disability. Therefore one must ensure that inclusive schools are architecturally adapted to the diverse needs of students. This accessibility requirement to the built environment is internationally assumed by institutions and communities working towards an inclusive school. Building inclusive schools and societies requires that the design and rehabilitation of urban and built environment respect the principles of universal design by providing ‘ equitable use’e’, ‘flexible’, ‘intuitive’, ‘perceptible’, ‘low physical effort’, ‘tolerable’, and ‘well-dimensioned’ spaces for diverse users.
- Proceedings of the International Congress on Interdisciplinarity in Social and Human SciencesPublication . Jesus, Saul; Pinto, PatríciaInterdisciplinarity is the main topic and the main goal of this conference. Since the sixteen century with the creation of the first Academy of Sciences, in Napoles (Italy) (1568), and before that with the creation of the Fine Arts Academies, the world of science and arts began to work independently, on the contrary of the Academy of Plato, in Classical Antiquity, where science, art and sport went interconnected. Over time, specific sciences began to be independent, and the specificity of sciences caused an increased difficulty in mutual understanding. The same trend has affected the Human and Social Sciences. Each of the specific sciences gave rise to a wide range of particular fields. This has the advantage of allowing the deepening of specialised knowledge, but it means that there is often only a piecemeal approach of the research object, not taking into account the its overall complexity. So, it is important to work for a better understanding of the scientific phenomena with the complementarity of the different sciences, in an interdisciplinary perspective. With this growing specialisation of sciences, Interdisciplinarity acquired more relevance for scientists to find moreencompassing and useful answers for their research questions.