Abstract

BERNAL DE ROJAS, Aura Elena  and  ROJAS BERNAL, Luz Ángela. CULTURAL INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: A RIGHT AND A DETERMINING FACTOR IN THEIR HUMAN FULFILLMENT. Investig. andina [online]. 2021, vol.23, n.43, pp.37-52.  Epub June 28, 2023. ISSN 0124-8146.  https://doi.org/10.33132/01248146.2184.

The exclusion of people with disabilities has always been present in the history of humanity. However, their destiny has changed in different societies, from annihilation, exploitation and marginalization, to the recognition of their rights, thanks to advances in knowledge about their causes, the development of medical, technological, educational and social support, as well as the understanding of the vulnerability that we all have to suffer from it, added to the deployment of human rights and the protest movements of this population group, which has led to the issuance of international and national policies and standards aimed at their full inclusion. Said inclusion consists of achieving the real and effective possibility of accessing and participating in society, together with other citizens, without any limitation or restriction due to disability, among these, cultural inclusion, by which human values are assumed, the knowledge and skills to function in the context through the educational influence that occurs in social interaction, is decisive in the acquisition of the human potential of all individuals and in particular in people with disabilities. This article reflects on the importance of the cultural inclusion of people with disabilities, not only as a right, but as a determining factor in their human fulfillment.

Keywords : Cultural rights; disability studies; disabled persons; handicapped advocacy; human rights..

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