Place or origin of disability |
Physical barriers: inaccessible streets and public transport do not facilitate independent movement. |
Disability associated with the body: it generates difficulties in participation and in daily activities. |
If this chair does not go down the ramp, because it is too heavy, how will it go up? That is why I don't like going out, because of all the effort I have to make. (Woman, 63 years old) |
I feel so disabled because I have no legs, so what can I do if I can't do anything? If I can't walk. (Woman, 79 years old) |
Attitudinal barriers: insufficiency and misuse of physical facilitators such as elevators, preferential lines, preferential seats. |
Disability is made equivalent to functionality: absolute dysfunction as synonymous of disability. |
[… ] The question is [that] people need to respect that, you shouldn't use the elevator of the disabled just because you're tired; because it has to be for someone who is in a wheelchair, on crutches, then it is part of people's education and it will take centuries for them to change. (Man, 56 years old) |
I feel frustrated because, without being able to do anything because of the disability I have... I can't move, just by myself... now... before at least I could dress myself when this thing just started, now I can't even get dressed. (Man, 62 years old) |
Vision on health services |
Physical barriers: present in access to rehabilitation and health care. |
Validation of expert knowledge: rehabilitation seeks to improve people's bodies to achieve their well-being. |
Fernanda told her "we are women, it has been so long that I cannot do a Pap smear [Papanicolaou test] because there are no stretchers for the disabled" [… ] they got confused and just looked at her… there is nothing for disabled people, nothing. (Man, 57 years old) |
And the exercises have done me very well, that's why I tell the lady that I'll only leave when they kick me out because they made me much better. (Woman, 68 years old) |
Experiences of discrimination and stigmatization |
Discrimination due to lack of education: ignorance regarding disability. |
Self-stigma: people with disabilities are seen as a burden or problem for others. |
Among many discrimination there is... the other day I had a very bitter experience, in a banking service, the cashier told me "We don't deal with drunk people!" and I took out my [medical] papers, I always carry my papers, and showed them to him. (Man, 58 years old) |
I worked my whole life, after I got like this, [… ], because I know that I am a burden, that they have to take me to the bathroom and all that. (Woman, 68 years old) |