Abstract. Context:In the context of education of students with special needs, specifically in education of deaf students, research in Informatics and Computer Science focuses on the development of tools, enhancing the adaptation of this community. Goal: The goal of this research is twofold: a) to perform a mapping study in the editions of RBIE (1997RBIE ( -2013, in the 13 last editions of SBIE (2001SBIE ( -2013 and in 10 editions of WIE (2003, 2005 -2013) and; b) based on the results of the mapping study, to propose an educational software to deaf children. Method: The method used in this research is a mapping study, which is a secondary research method employed to integrate the results from previously published studies. Based on the results of the mapping study, a software to support deaf students to write texts in Portuguese was developed. Results: Results show that research related to education of deaf students were very discussed in the last decade in SBIE, WIE and RBIE. The main contribution of Brazilian community of Informatics in Education to the deaf community is the development of educational software and tools to support the teaching-learning process. Furthermore, based on the mapping study results, emerged the motivation to develop a basic software for text editing to support deaf students to create texts in Portuguese. Resumo. Contexto:No contexto da educação especial, especificamente na educação de surdos, as pesquisas na área de computação e informática contribuem para o desenvolvimento de ferramentas, potencializando a adaptação desta comunidade. Objetivo: Os objetivos deste trabalho são: a) realizar um mapeamento sistemático nas edições da RBIE (1997RBIE ( -2013, nas 13 últimas edições do SBIE