TEOBALDO SALDIVIA VILLALOBOS (26 years old) ⚡Quillota, 1973⚡ Street vendor and executed without militancy.
He was arrested by the military in Quillota on September 17 and executed 10 days later. He was submitted to the Court Martial by the Military Prosecutor’s Office of the Cavalry School of Quillota accused of an attempted assault on military personnel without proof of injuries. His intellectual disability and his previous irreproachable conduct were not taken into account. He did not have legal assistance, nor was his detention and process communicated to his family members.
RAÚL ARMANDO SEPÚLVEDA CATRILEO (5 months) ⚡La Cisterna, 1973⚡Infant shot. His mother survives the attack remaining physically disabled.
Raul was a newborn who was shot to death when his mother was carrying him in her arms, while closing the gate of the home on a day of curfew extended for 24 hours. Their home was located in the Inés Rivas passage in the José Maria Caro population. Mother and son were hit by bullets fired by Air Force patrolmen, without being rescued or taken to the Barros Luco Hospital, where the infant finally died. His mother survived the attack, but was left with a physical disability due to injuries to her left arm.
CARLOS VICENTE SALINAS FLORES (21 years old) ⚡Curriñe, 1973 ⚡️ Radio operator with physical disability. Politically executed without militancy.
A military convoy made up of several vehicles and approximately 90 people detained 17 workers from the Panguipulli Agricultural and Forestry Complex, including Carlos. They were taken to a farm owned by a civilian where they were tortured and, hours later, executed.
A witness, the following day, recognized several of the victims and declared that most of them had cuts on their hands, fingers, stomachs and some of them had their throats slit and their testicles cut off.
After approximately fifteen days they were buried in pits on the same property. At a later date that is not possible to specify, civilians went to excavate the graves and moved the remains to a place that has been impossible to determine. They managed to exhume the few remains that remained on the property, which were given to the families.
PEDRO JUAN JUAN YAÑEZ PALACIOS (29 years old) ⚡️ Neltume, 1981 ⚡️ Electrician assistant with physical disability. Executed political militant of the MIR.
Pedro, whose political name was “Jorge”, was born into a modest family in Constitución and studied at the Industrial School of the city. His first entry into politics was as an assistant in propaganda actions for the Government of #SalvadorAllende, in the midst of a time of great turmoil in the Cellulose Industry. He was part of the #FER (Revolutionary Students Front) in the midst of the coup d’état, which led him to be imprisoned, released and imprisoned again in a short period of time. He was imprisoned for two years in the Cauquenes prison and finally exiled. That was how he arrived in France, where he became part of the MIR and the #OperaciónRetorno, which sought to build in the mountains of Neltume (X region), a new center of operations to resist the dictatorship. After attending the Cuban School of Instruction, he clandestinely entered Chile in 1980, arriving to the mountain range area to be part of the guerrilla detachment #ToquiLautaro.
Farmers in the area reportedly denounced the existence of the camp to the military forces, which surrounded the group of militants, forcing them to hide in the heights, a situation that resulted in serious wounds and infections in one of Pedro’s feet. The situation worsened, so his comrades had to amputate his foot to contain the gangrene. Without a foot, he had to flee from the intelligence agents, hiding in a natural emergency shelter, accompanied by a rifle and in diminished physical conditions. Pedro’s hiding place -located in the area of Puente #Quilmio- was tracked and surrounded by the #CNI, who killed him with a machine gun.
PEPITO (28 years old)⚡️Valdivia, 1973 ⚡️Politically executed without militancy.
Of unknown origin and identity, “Pepito” is the only person executed for whom no photograph or testimony is kept, nor is his name known. The young man was a deaf and intellectually disabled person, having been raised and taken in by an elderly woman who, during those years, took care of children abandoned by their parents. On September 19, 1973, Pepito went to cut firewood in the Preciosa Sangre parish in Valdivia, and on his return he was intercepted by a military patrol. When he did not hear the stop sign, he continued on his way home, was machine-gunned and abandoned in the street in total agony. The parish priest found him and carried him in his arms to Kennedy Hospital, where he finally died.
Con amplia asistencia de público e investigadores con y sin discapacidad, el pasado 12 de octubre, se celebró el Seminario “La Representación de la discapacidad en la política y la investigación” en Valdivia.
La jornada contó con la exposición de investigaciones individuales y la realización de dos paneles temáticos, uno enfocado en la representación Disca en ciencia y otro en la política.
Con la exposición de 33 investigadores y amplia asistencia de público, Núcleo Milenio DISCA realizó el Seminario “La Representación de la discapacidad en la política y la investigación” en el Campus Isla Teja de la Universidad Austral de Chile, abriendo un espacio para el diálogo, discusión y sensibilización sobre la discapacidad en el país.
Uno de los temas centrales que se abordaron fue la participación de personas con discapacidad en investigaciones científicas, así como su actividad de investigadores. “Fue un espacio de encuentro para muchos investigadores e investigadoras en discapacidad de Chile y Latinoamérica. Fue muy interesante escuchar los avances en estudios que abordan distintos ámbitos de la discapacidad realizados tanto por investigadores con gran trayectoria, como por estudiantes recién comenzando su carrera académica (…) Realizar un seminario accesible es un desafío y creo que hemos estado a la altura”, señala Florencia Herrera, Directora de Núcleo Milenio DISCA.
Relevar la necesidad de cambiar la narrativa en torno a la discapacidad y comenzar a verla como parte de la diversidad que aporta riqueza a nuestra sociedad, han sido de las principales ideas que se mencionaron durante la jornada. Los expositores también se han detenido en los testimonios sobre las barreras y desafíos que viven las personas con discapacidad en varios ámbitos, especialmente en la política y en la ciencia.Entender dónde están y cómo funcionan estas barreras se torna imprescindible para poder desarrollar políticas que ayuden a superarlas y así las personas con discapacidad puedan participar plenamente en la sociedad.
Urgencia de la cual DISCA hace eco, volviéndose una plataforma de investigación, divulgación y sensibilización que permite sentar las bases para la transformación social. Además “(…) estos seminarios sirven como un recordatorio de que la articulación entre academia, las organizaciones y el activismo de las personas con discapacidad tiene un rol que desempeñar en la construcción de un futuro más inclusivo”apunta el Director Alterno de DISCA, Pablo Marshall.
Routledge Handbook of Mental Health Law
Edited By Brendan D. Kelly, Mary Donnelly
Mental health law is a rapidly evolving area of practice and research, with growing global dimensions. This work reflects the increasing importance of this field, critically discussing key issues of controversy and debate, and providing up-to-date analysis of cutting-edge developments in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Australia.
This is a timely moment for this book to appear. The United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) sought to transform the landscape in which mental health law is developed and implemented. This Convention, along with other developments, has, to varying degrees, informed sweeping legislative reforms in many countries around the world. These and other developments are discussed here. Contributors come from a wide range of countries and a variety of academic backgrounds including ethics, law, philosophy, psychiatry, and psychology. Some contributions are also informed by lived experience, whether in person or as family members. The result is a rich, polyphonic, and sometimes discordant account of what mental health law is and what it might be.
The Handbook is aimed at mental health scholars and practitioners as well as students of law, human rights, disability studies, and psychiatry, and campaigners and law- and policy-makers.
Within this publication, the chapter “Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Peru: Mental Health Law and Legal Capacity” by Pablo Marshall is included.
Notes:
This publication is a book chapter and is not free to access. Is only available for purchase through Routledge.
We will address the issue of disability representation in policy and research. There will also be presentations of research on disability in various topics.
The event will take place on October 12, 2023 at the Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja, Valdivia, Chile, in face-to-face mode.
Disability representation is a vital tool for introducing, addressing and challenging ideas about disability. We recognize that, despite its potential to inform and change perceptions, representation can also reinforce inequalities and perpetuate existing stereotypes. For this reason, an in-depth scholarly analysis of how people with disabilities and disability as a phenomenon are and can be represented is crucial.
We will seek to generate a rigorous and diverse academic dialogue about disability in general and the issue of disability representation in policy and academic research. In addition, we seek to generate a meeting space for people who do research on disability.
The seminar will have two parts: during the morning, it will be an open space where research on disability from different disciplines will be presented. During the afternoon, the particular topic of disability representation will be addressed through two discussion tables, one on political representation and the other on representation in research.
The seminar will be held at the Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja, Valdivia, Chile, on October 12, 2023 from 9:00 to 18:00 hrs. The Seminar will be interpreted in Chilean Sign Language (LSCh) and for attendance, prior registration is required at this link.
Program
09:00 to 09:30 Welcome
09:30 to 11:00 Present your research in 10 minutes
Room 1 and 2 simultaneous
09:30 to 11:00 Present your research in 10 minutes (Room 2)
Nelson Muñoz, University of Chile. Therapeutic itineraries of the rehabilitation process of children with disabilities and their families users of the Western Metropolitan Health Service of Santiago.
Pamela Gutiérrez, University of Chile. Inclusion of people with disabilities and the concept of human rights in Chilean health policies.
Pía Rodríguez-Garrido, University of O’Higgins. Obstetric and gynecological violence and its impact on the mental health of Chilean women with disabilities.
Andrea Tereucán, Universidad de los Lagos. Experiences of health and care in childhood and adolescence of the Autism Spectrum in Osorno, a territorial view (1990-2023).
Karina Pinto, University of Chile. Political Affections, Illness and Disability: Problematizing the biomedical model of rehabilitation from a feminist anti-empowerment perspective.
Soledad Toro and Wanda Espejo, Una ruta sin Barreras. The right to recreational sports and tourism: personal assistance as a human right.
Space for questions
09:30 to 11:00 Present your research in 10 minutes (Room 1)
Esteban Burgos, University of Concepción. The challenge of political inclusion in Chile: Barriers and Facilitators that affect the Electoral Participation of People with Disabilities.
María Paz Santos Ricartes. Economic growth of people with disabilities.
Daniella Leal, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. People with Disabilities and their Participation in the Labor Market: Evidence from ENDIDE 2022.
Andrea Montecinos, Juan González and Constanza Corvalán. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. The new legal status in relation to the entry to school of children with disabilities.
Bárbara Suazo, University of Chile. The political from the common in organizations of the disability field: The case of Colectivo Autismo Chile between 2011 and 2019.
Francisca Higuera, Shirlia Jara, Ana Lizama, Daniela Sepúlveda and Ninosca Bravo. Catholic University of Temuco. Dissonances of inclusion with Francisca Our companion and friend.
Space for questions
11:00 to 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 to 13:00 Present your research in 10 minutes
Daniela Jaure, AVANZA Inclusion. Intellectual disability, social inclusion and quality of life. A look from those who are protagonists.
Ninosca Bravo, Catholic University of Temuco. Social representations of special education pedagogy students about intellectual disability and developmental disabilities.
Edison Calahorrano, Central University. The relational approach as a methodology for the representation of people with disabilities in scientific research.
Mauricio López, DISCA Nucleus. The power of Experts by Experience: Co-creation of knowledge in disability research.
Constanza López, University of Valparaíso. Care as a possible foundation for the production of knowledge: an approach from feminist disability studies.
Jame Rebolledo, University of Chile. Research with disability activists from Feminist Epistemologies.
Space for questions
13:00 to 14:00 Lunch (included in the Seminar)
14:00 – 15:30 Panel 1: Political Representation of Disabilities
Diana Vallejo, U. Iberoamericana Mexico City. The disca as a symbol of the transvaluation of the disabled.
Diego Solsona, U. de los Lagos. Manufactured by the State, intervened from the biopower: the case of people with disabilities in Chile.
Jaime Ramírez, U. of Chile. Analyzing the development of social mobilization of people with disabilities in Chile 15 years after the convention.
Florencia Herrera, U. Diego Portales. ‘Look at me!’: Public and digital political campaigns of people with disabilities in the socio-political crisis in Chile.
15:30 to 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 to 17:15 Panel 2: Representation of Disability in Scientific Research
Luis Vera, U. of Chile. Paola Arroyo, U. Alberto Hurtado. José Reyes, U. Academia de Humanismo Cristiano: “Disabled” teaching experiences. Reflections situated from the bodies.
Vanessa Vega and Félix González-Carrasco, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Izaskun Álvarez, U. de las Américas. Inclusive research as an engine for the transformation of practices in intellectual disability.
Valquiria Ramos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Decision-making processes in academic journals on disability.
Carlos Araneda-Urrutia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Where are and how do academics with disabilities inhabit the university: Contributions for a methodological discussion about the affective infrastructures of academic capacitism.
In the Millennium Nucleus DISCA we are looking for a student in practice in the area of Communications for the position of Student in Practice of Communications, who must have an interest in disability and inclusion issues and stand out for their creativity and autonomy in the work.
Its main task will be to collaborate with the Communications Coordination to position the Nucleus as a reference in the national discussion related to disability and citizenship, producing and disseminating content on the knowledge generated to other areas of society.
In addition, he/she will have to support in media management, produce activities, keep records of the Nucleus’ actions, among other actions related to his/her work.
Those interested in applying must meet the following requirements:
University student in the area of Communications.
Experience in editing, production and creation of audiovisual material.
Good writing and spelling skills.
Proactivity, creativity and autonomy at work.
Ability to work in multidisciplinary and diverse teams.
To apply, the following documents must be submitted:
Link to portfolio with your audiovisual material (video / photography).
Letter of presentation and motivation where you express why you are interested.
The deadline for applications is Friday, September 29, 2023 and must be sent via email to comunicaciones@nucleodisca.cl.
Selected individuals will be invited to an online interview at the end of September.
