{"id":819,"date":"2023-01-12T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nucleodisca.cl\/?p=819"},"modified":"2025-09-11T11:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:43:23","slug":"politico-epistemic-tensions-regarding-personal-assistance-and-care-for-people-with-disabilities-an-integrative-literature-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nucleodisca.cl\/en\/politico-epistemic-tensions-regarding-personal-assistance-and-care-for-people-with-disabilities-an-integrative-literature-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Politico-Epistemic Tensions Regarding Personal Assistance and Care for People with Disabilities: An Integrative Literature Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the 1960s, the Independent Life Movement has demanded personal assistance as a right for people with disabilities to access autonomy. In turn, feminist movements have shown a special concern for the care and profile of the providers. Both postures have created tensions around the provision of personal assistance and care for people with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Aim: To know and analyze the scientific evidence regarding approaches to personal assistance and care for people with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Methods: An Integrative Literature Review using five databases: Dialnet, Scielo, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. The Boolean combinations were: \u201cPersonal assistance AND disability\u201d; \u201cPersonal assistance AND care AND disability\u201d; \u201cCare AND disability\u201d in English, and \u201cAsistencia personal AND discapacidad\u201d; \u201cAsistencia personal AND cuidados AND discapacidad\u201d; \u201cCuidados AND discapacidad\u201d in Spanish. A total of 31 scientific articles were obtained. A content analysis was then, with five analysis dimensions emerging.<\/p>\n<p>Results: The articles approached the positive aspects of personal assistance. Others established the need for more resources in order to not be an exclusive reality for developed countries. Profiles were made of racialized, young, migrant women as the identity behind (informal) care. From the perspective of a feminist disability care ethic, new forms of providing care are proposed, by changing the focus from individual and family responsibility, towards a social and collective focus.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion: The evidence analyzed considers various dimensions of the epistemo-political tension between personal assistance and care. The meeting point between both perspectives is interdependence and autonomy; on the one side, for people with disabilities, and on the other, for the women profiled as the main caregivers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Note: This article was originally published in English.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the 1960s, the Independent Life Movement has demanded personal assistance as a right for people with disabilities to access autonomy. In turn, feminist movements have shown a special concern for the care and profile of the providers. Both postures have created tensions around the provision of personal assistance and care for people with disabilities. 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