Accessibility in the State Executive Power units through the perspective of fundamental rights of people with disabilities

This article investigates if accessibility, from the perspective of people with disabilities, is valued in the development of electronic government, and if it is reflected in the structure of government portals, contributing to concretize the right to political participation of this social group. For that, with support of deductive method and technique of direct, systematic and non-participant observation, the accessibility in the portals of eight State Executive Power units was verified, contrasting the reality of these sites with the provisions of governmental booklets that contain minimum standards on the subject. It was concluded that, in the studied sites, accessibility is minimal, hindering the pursuit of a more active citizenship for people with disabilities, since access is the first condition of possibility for participation.

electronic government; internet; fundamental rights; people with disabilities; accessibility.