Introduction
Item | Law/Date | Subject /Address |
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A | Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil October 30th 1988 | |
B | Law 7853 October 24th 1989 | Disposes on National Policy for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities |
C | Decree 3298 December 20th 1999 | Regulates Law 7853 of 24/10/1989, provides for the National Policy for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities, consolidates the rules for protection, and other matters |
D | Decree 5296 December 2nd 2004 | Regulates Law 10048 of 8/11/2000, which gives priority to support people specified, and Law 10098 of 19/12/2000, laying down general standards and criteria for the promotion of accessibility |
E | Decree 0-003 September 26th 2007 | Establishes an Interministerial WorkGroup in order to evaluate the model of classification and valuation of disability used in Brazil and set the elaboration and adoption of a single model for the whole country |
F | Decree 186 July 9th 2008 | Approves the text of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol, signed in New York on March 30, 2007 |
G | Decree 6214 September 26th 2007 | Regulates the Benefit of Continuous Providing (BPC) of social assistance due to the person with disabilities and the elderly according to the Law 8742 of 7/12/1993 and Law 10741 of 1/10/2003, adding a paragraph to art. 162 of Decree 1048 of 6/5/1999, and other matters OuvirLer foneticamente |
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presentations of the current definitions of disability, based on the different kinds of benefits and consequently linked to different Ministries;
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the search for international publications about laws, problems with definitions, and parameters used for defining eligibility for social benefits all over the world;
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the elaboration of a proposal.
Definitions of disability
Definitions of disability used in Brazil
Directives to implement a new model of disability
Conclusions and recommendations
Short term recommendations
Model details
Instruments, routines and practices
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anchored in the concept of disability of the UN Convention in philosophical, theoretical and conceptual terms, as well as in the ICF and in the ‘support theory’;
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specific and adequate to each finality of benefits and affirmative measures;
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viable and appropriate for the diversity of Brazilian regional realities, considering for example the infra-structure of the resources network;
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responsive to the nature of existing benefits and affirmative actions;
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able to incorporate the evolution of policies.
Classification, valuation and certification network
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determination of directives for the network implementation by the ministries involved, concordant with the before mentioned directives;
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inventory of existing material and human resources;
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elaboration of contents, methods and infra-structures for the development of a program of orientation of the teams that will act in the network;
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definition of the subsequent phases with medium term goals.