Laws/Policies:

Despite Brazil’s growing population the means to support individuals with a disability in all aspects of their lives has also continued to grow. More specifically, Brazil has what is known as an International Labour Organization that has specific guidelines for those persons with a documented disability. A legislation that was put into place to allow people with a disability to receive the equitable opportunities, specifically within the work force, as those without a documented disability are given so freely. This legislation is known as the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention of 1983. Under Brazilian Federal Constitution all those who have a disability are protected against all forms of discrimination based on their disability. Equal pay, labor and education are guaranteed for all those with a disability under Brazil’s standards of care.

(Above information is from: Brazil. (n.d.). Retrieved November 4, 2018, from http://www.businessanddisability.org/index.php/en/?option=com_countryprofiles&view=country&task=legislation&Itemid=0&id=13)

 

UNCRPD:

Although not specifically identified within the major aspects of this, Brazil is mentioned as one of the supporting countries to reap the rewards of a more inclusive title. They initially joined in 2007, but was not officially ratified until the year of 2008.

By becoming a member of the UNCRPD Brazil became a place for those with a disability to feel more included and overall cared for and about. Brazil, although a very highly populated area, has much of the population under some form of a disability. With that being said, becoming apart of this movement allows Brazil to continue to work towards total inclusiveness and complete equality to all.

(Above information is from: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Enable. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities.html)

 

Education:

Education is a key component to the lives of those young people in today’s society. There are many things that go into a child’s education, specifically in terms regarding disability and all that encompasses it. However, there has been many hurdles to overcome when education and disability become intertwined in one another.

One issue Brazil unfortunately faces, is that it is one of the top countries to be in a considerable amount of financial disparity. And in many studies the results claim that financial status can often prove to be a good measure of the quality of education. However, Brazil is actively working towards bettering their educational programs and institutions.

There is a documented 95.1% of individuals with a disability within the education system, where those without a disability are around 96.9%. The likelihood of those who are to attend high school and/or graduate high school with a disability is less than the 61% of students without a disability.

Yet despite this ongoing struggle, Brazil has developed a handful of policies in the hopes of eliminating these issues entirely.

 

(Above information is from: III.3a OECD: General Services Support Estimate by country. (n.d.). doi:10.1787/888932452915)

 

Employment:

Brazil’s labor industry is another area in which inequalities strike. For those faced with a disability they are around 20% likely to be employed while those without a disability are close to 70% employed.

Another discrepancy lies between gender and employment as a whole. Although disability rates are found to be consistent among genders, the inequality of participating in the work force due to gender and disability status is an issue. Until around 2012 the data concludes that both male and females faced the same amount of unemployment rates. However, in 2016 this consistency was broken, and females tended to be affected more so then males.

 

(Above information is from: Bls.gov. (2018). Unemployment rate of people with a disability 10.5 percent in 2016 : The Economics Daily: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. [online] Available at: https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2017/unemployment-rate-of-people-with-a-disability-10-point-5-percent-in-2016.htm?view_full [Accessed 1 Dec. 2018].)