Mobility of students with physical disabilities

Abstract

In order to know the forms of daily territorial appropriation of students with physical and visual disabilities in the city of Bucaramanga, Colombia, a study is carried out from a qualitative approach, where ethnographic techniques, interviews and cartographic analysis are combined with the participation of six students of a public university. It is concluded that there are great mobility limitations, increased by the lack of citizen awareness and the spatial discontinuity of the actions implemented, highlighting the capacity of coping and resilience of young people with disabilities and their interpretation of the cultural barriers that prevent them from right to education and social participation. Finally, attention is drawn to the effectiveness and sustainability of urban planning for inclusion, which is achieved when instrumental public management is transcended to become an exercise in reflection and action based on the understanding of the human being, beyond control and explanation of behavior.