Plano de ação modelo para promoção da acessibilidade em edificações empresariais existentes

Abstract

Inclusion is a matter that has been gaining space in several areas, including business environments. Considering that in Brazil, roughly 24% of the population have some sort of disability (IBGE 2010), ensuring the inclusion of those people to the labour market is dealing with a relevant social demand. For an effective inclusion, besides the adequate articulation in hiring said employees, the company’s facilities must favour that the Disabled Person (DP) have autonomy in the fulfilment of his/her professional activities. In this regard, the present study’s aim is to elaborate an Action Plan Model (APM), in order to favour accessibility plus inclusion in active business facilities. The plan was developed by three agents: the company which looks forward to hire employees with disability, the human resources office that is specialised in hiring DP, and the architecture office. Among the participation of the agents, the present study focuses on the action of the architecture office for the development of APM. In the light of Brazilian legislation and guiding concepts such as Universal Design, assistive technologies and reforms for accessibility, the action of the architecture office takes place beginning with these stages: initial contact, diagnose, project conception and ultimately the assessment of APM. From these stages onwards, the plan presents project-oriented resources for the adaptation of the built facility, so that all the company’s employees can make use of them. This way, the conception of DP implies a technological innovation that favours the inclusion of disabled employees in business environments.