View and field of Assistive Technology in Brazil

The present study attempts to spatial analyses data from the National Survey of Assistive Technology (PNTA), the article seeks to present conclusions and recommendations for Public Policies in assistive technology to people with disability and aging people in Brazil, by region and Federation Units (UF). The National Survey of Assistive Technology (PNTA) is an initiative of the partnership between Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT), through the Department of Science and Technology for Social Inclusion (SECIS), and Institute of Social Technology (ITS Brazil). The National Survey of Assistive Technology did the identification and characterization of the institutions that produce Assistive Technology (Technical Support aids or products) for Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities and aging people. The first edition hold during the year 2005 and 2006; the second hold during the year 2007 and 2008, and the last edition take the year 2011 and 2013. The research is aimed at institutions (higher education, business and third sector entities) that have developed skills and conducted projects (research, products and services) in the field of Assistive Technology. More specifically, our goals are: (1) to delineate the intellectual structure of research on Assistive technology and innovation, as represented in the academic literature; (2) to determine the spatial distribution of products and projects in Assistive technology in Brazil; (3) to identify contributions that play a pivotal role in bridging two or more conceptual domains of research; and finally, (4) to map this intellectual innovations. The goal is to obtain knowledge of what was produced, for the elaboration of policies within the Science, Technology and Innovation, to seek solutions to improve the quality of life and social inclusion of people with disabilities and the elderly, is subsidized with more precisely.