On living in an ableist city: before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Ciencia e Saude Coletiva

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Amorim, Annibal Coelho de¹  Gertner, Sônia Regina da Cunha Barreto¹  Costa, Laís Silveira¹  Feminella, Anna Paula² 

[1] Fundação Oswaldo Cruz;Escola Nacional de Administração Pública

关键词: Disability;    Disabled persons;    COVID-19;    Normativity;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1413-81232022271.19842021

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Associacao Brasileira de Pos - Graduacao em Saude Coletiva

【 摘 要 】

The images of cities before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic represent a contemporary challenge. During this period, thinking about being a person, being there and living in an ableist city/society brings to light the loss of rights and the demands of population segments, particularly in the face of architectural, communicational, attitudinal, sensory and sociocultural barriers. To thematize about experiencing the different types of daily inaccessibility in the cities come into contact with and raise discussions about the ethical-aesthetic level of the existential territories of people with disabilities and mental suffering. To what extent do urban planners maintain concepts that support invisibility constructs, which reflect segregations generated by macropolitics? Would they be imagining the cities without thinking about the people who inhabit them? The present essay collaborates with the debate on the need for actions aimed at overcoming capacitism. Based on critical science theories and the concept of the health subject’s right, the “topic landscape” is explored with a view to implementing accessible and inclusive public policies.

【 授权许可】

CC BY