Natalia Guala: “People with disabilities are actors in the economy, not objects of charity”

Natalia Guala Beathyate (Buenos Aires, 42 years old) knows that social barriers expand when she has a disability. She was born with a congenital malformation of the retina and, although she studied in a conventional school, when she entered university, in Uruguay, she faced the objections of some teachers: “You can’t take exams! How are we going to do with you?” Continue reading

Faced with declining revenues and rising expenditures, departments are forced to tighten their belts. They cut in extra-legal budgets, i.e. in measures that go beyond their legal obligations. Including those that are important, even vital, for people with disabilities. Sale time for [...] This article How departments save on the backs of people with disabilities has appeared first on Facing - All the news about disability.