Design inclusivo: independência a deficientes visuais

Abstract

Visual impairment affects a considerable portion of the brazilian population and happens by different reasons, some congenital, others acquired throughout life, conceiving as visually impaired both blind person as the carrier of low vision. Inclusive design considers, among others, the creation of fashion products to improve the daily lives of the visually impaired. For this, there is an area of knowledge called assistive technology, and through it, it's possible that the person with disabilities perform activities that would be very difficult or even impossible without it's use. Besides, the domain of mobility and orientation and of the autonomous social life and activities, in which the act of dressing up is part, is essential for the achievement of independence. Based on this, new ways to provide fashionable products to the visually impaired are urgent in the current market. In the end of the theoric review of this study, is briefly clarified the history of the ergonomics, it's concept and it's importance in several areas, whereas in the fashion design it is absolutely necessary and its application considers innumerable products that conceive clothing and accessories. In the methodology, it was adopted an exploratory field research, which had focus on qualitative factors and was conducted in the form of a simple and playful questionnaire. Finally, it is analyzed that as the clothing needs to adapt to the countless differences between physical types of individuals, it was realized that the fashion design presents numerous conditions to design products that respect the individual characteristics of each one, rethinking new ways to incorporate visual impaired to society.