Exclusión social de personas con discapacidad física de la parroquia de Baños

Abstract

Disability is not a problem of the individual but of society, since it is the person who disables through social exclusion. The present research aims to recognize the perceptions that the community of the parish Baños towards the social exclusion of people with physical disabilities, having qualitative approach of descriptive type, through the technique of the interview semi structured. Such technique was applied to different actors such as: family, social, economic and political institutions, after which the transcription of all the information collected to perform the correct analysis to recognize the different perceptions of exclusion; perceptions focused on modes of care and accessibility to different public spaces; employment situation; knowledge of rights and support by the government. In the conclusions is clearly visible that exclusion is marked en different areas, family perceive that does not exist infrastructure or services provision to the different necessities adapted to the different needs of the person with disabilities. A poor access to employment does not fit all the types of disability. Little involvement of the parochial government is perceived and exist ignorance about the rights focused on disability. On the other hand, social institutions social policies and policies perceived limitations to the achievement of different areas being workplace the one with greatest limitation, plus there is a lack of knowledge about the rights provided to a person with a disability.