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Abstract

According to WHO (World Health Organization) disability "is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations. Thus disability is a complex phenomenon, reflecting an interaction between features of a person's body and features of the society in which he or she lives". The definition does not say the social burden that word brings to people who have a deficiency, a limitation or restriction. A nearsighted person has a limitation because without glasses have trouble seeing, but being a standard limitation is not considered disabled. The object of this investigation is to develop a theory that allows us to understand what causes that certain deficiencies are labelled or qualified as disability, with its consequent social burden. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

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Title
CUANDO LAS DEFICIENCIAS SE CONVIERTEN EN DISCAPACIDAD
Author
Ayala, Lourdes Ainhoa Hermida; Borregón, Laura Mateos; Vizcaino, Beatriz Olalla
Pages
1-32
Publication year
2010
Publication date
Dec 2010
Publisher
iS+D Fundacion
e-ISSN
19893469
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1038160897
Copyright
Copyright iS+D Fundacion Dec 2010