University Extension as a tool for generating public policies for people with disabilities

Abstract

The problems faced by people with disabilities have  been considered, at the international level, as issues  of greater attention in recent times. Higher education  institutions, especially those of a public nature, must  be belligerent in assuming these challenges through  the Outreach function, which should become a key  tool for making these problems visible, especially  with formal actions such as protocols, campaigns  of awareness, and finally the approval of university  extension policies, in order to generate solid proposals  that can become effective public policies that must be  assumed and promoted by the respective States.