The 2010 Chilean National Disability Law

Self-Determination in a Collectivistic Society

Bibliographic Data

ID12364908
AuthorsMarisol Marfull-Jensen (McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, corresponding author), Tara Flanagan (0000-0002-9450-9072, McGill University), Tara D Flanagan (McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Year2014
Volume26
Issue3
Pages144-152
Publication date2014-07-02
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Disability Policy Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1044-2073 • E-ISSN: 1538-4802
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1044207314533384
OpenAlexW2011048872
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited40

The overarching goal of the Ley Nacional de Discapacidad (LND; National Disability Law [NDL]) enacted by Chile in 2010 is to facilitate “positive effects on Quality of Life (QOL) for individuals with disabilities” through the promotion of personal relationships, personal development, social inclusion, rights, and self-determination. Of the components linked to QOL in the 2010 law, self-determination may impose the most complex challenge to implement in Chilean society. Self-determination can be viewed as a social value, an individual skill set, or a personal outcome. Self-determination is discussed in relation to Chile’s collectivistic society, its history of disability rights, and to Person-Centered Planning, an approach that may enable Chile to fulfill the mandate of its NDL while balancing collectivistic and individualistic values

Collectivism · Disabled people · Inclusion (mineral · Individualism · Mandate · Personal development · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Quality of life (healthcare · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Disability Education and Employment · Disability Rights and Representation · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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