Disability in Chile

Housing

The homes of families of people with disabilities (2023, Latercera)

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Sign Languages

In drafting of the new constitution sign-language has been recognised as an official language (2022, UN Special Envoy on Twitter)

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TV and Film

Cromosoma 21: the Chilean series that is making impact on Netflix (In Spanish, 2023, Yo También)

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Research

Florencia Herrera, director of Núcleo Disca promoting research with disabled people. (2023, Universidad Diego Portales)

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Pudahuel applies tool for inclusion of persons with disabilities. The municipality used a disaster resilience scorecard's criteria on disability inclusion. (2023, Making Cities Resilient)

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Multidimensional Measures and the Extra Costs of Disability: How Are They Related? Exploring whether multidimensional poverty measures can be used to study the extra costs of disability. (2023, IJERPH)

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How businesses manage law 21.015 on inclusion of disabled people in the labour market. (2022, Azarbe)

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Inclusion of people with disabilities in Chilean health policy: a policy analysis:

“Participants described a fragmented disability movement and health policy, related to a dominant biomedical model of disability. It appeared that disability was not prioritized in the health policy agenda, due to ineffective mainstreaming of disability by the Government and the limited influence and engagement of civil society in policy processes.” (Aug, International Journal for Equity in Health)

Inclusive health for people with disabilities in Chile: a national health system assessment:

“The Chilean health system was assessed to have a low progress towards disability-inclusive health. Among system-level components, intermediate progress has been made in governance, health financing, and data and evidence. However, progress in leadership on disability seems low. Among service delivery components, the accessibility of health facilities and rehabilitation and assistive technology showed the best results. However, there were notable gaps in the autonomy and awareness and ability to afford care by people with disabilities, and the capacity of human resources to support this group.” (May, BMC Health Research Policy and Systems)

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Deaf Role Model of the Month: Pamela Molina (2023, Deaf Unity)

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Association of the Blind demands that the government take responsibility for the death of the person who fell onto the metro track. (In Spanish, 2022, ElMostrador)

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Disability in the Chilean constitutional process “Both for substantive and procedural reasons, the constitutional process led by the Constitutional Convention offers solid ground to advance the rights of persons with disabilities as a constitutional issue.” (2023, Disability & Society)

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Government apologizes to woman for forced sterilization. “Doctors performed procedure in 2002 without consent while Francisca was under anesthesia because she was HIV positive” (2022, the Guardian)

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“I am a fighter and I will not give up” profile of Valentina Biskupovic, a 22 year old with Down Syndrome.

“I like having Down Syndrome”
“Why?”
“Because I'm happy”. (In Spanish, Mar, La Prensa Grafica)

More awareness, inclusion and infrastructure, the early legacy of Santiago 2023. “Chilean Para athletes expressed they have felt a positive change in their social lives and sporting careers because of the Parapan American Games in their country” (2023, International Paralympic Committee)

Goodbye, Santiago 2023. Hello, sporting legacy for Chile. (In Spanish, 2023, Yo También)

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