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Paper short abstract:

The basic conditions of promotion of personal autonomy and care for people in situations of dependency are regulated for legal system. This recent politic of disability is representing a foundation for a new understanding of people with disabilities and their rights.

Paper long abstract:

The purpose of this paper is describe and analyze politics of disability that is closely connected with the social perceptions of normality and personal capacity, that have been developed in Spain since 1982, when the government proposed the Act of Social Integration of the Disabled Persons and then adopted the International System of the Disability Classification. This paper will highlight the changes that have taken the concept of disability in Spain from the system of categorization: deficiency, diagnosis, etc until the recent Act on the Promotion of Personal Autonomy and Care for people living in dependence. This law regulates the basic conditions of promotion of personal autonomy and care for people in situations of dependency. This recent recognition politic of disabilities represented a foundation for a new understanding of people with disabilities and their rights. In Spain the regions and autonomous communities are making an unequal distribution of resources and assistance causing significant inequalities.