Analysis of Disability from a Critical Perspective: Contributions of Feminist Theories

Abstract

In reviewing the theoretical corpus on disability we realize that the predominant speech has come from scientific disciplines presenting a pathological medical model. Therefore, we present a critical analysis of disability providing prospects located politically and socially contextualized to take into account the voice and experience of the people involved. Feminist theories, framed in the Social Sciences, are keys to unraveling the ideological construction of the discourses that have historically served to dominate and oppress people with disabilities, and in turn, to construct a social subject abnormal and deviant to be disciplined.