Núcleo Disca

Introduction: The occupational praxis of activists with disabilities in the Latin America has presented actions of revindication from historically marginalised territories.

Objective: To explore and describe strategies used by Chilean activist with disabilities.

Method: Qualitative design via three research techniques: a) 11 in-depth interviews; b) six group chat sessions; c) content analysis of eight social networks belonging to collectives of activists with disabilities in Chile.

Results: Activists indicate various occupations for revindication as subjects with rights. These trajectories are exemplified with the following dimensions: 1) Interpellate full social participation: demanding justice and citizenship; 2) Showing defective bodies: public mobilisations; 3) Occupying institutional space by placing: bodies in the system.

Conclusion: Dissident occupational practices intervene and transform the limited comprehension about what human vulnerability and fragility is capable of. This situation is mainly appreciated in the Global South.

Note: This article was originally published in English.

Pino-Morán, J. A., Zango-Martin, I., Rodríguez-Garrido, P., & Mora-Malo, E., Reivindicative occupational practices of activist with disabilities, Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional, 31, DOI 10.1590/2526-8910.ctoAO269135102