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The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities essentially modifies the theoretical framework to frame the person with disabilities in society. Disability or exceeded medical care and advanced approaches in the conceptualization of disability from the perspective of human rights. Among the recommendations of the Convention is referred to the Technologies of Information and Communication (ICTs) as a means of inclusion for people with disabilities, they are considered in this article. Subsequently universal accessibility is also discussed, in particular e-accessibility and digital inclusion as an essential human right to effective participation in society. The situation of our country within the framework of implementation of the Convention is also addressed. Finally, some final thoughts on technology to prepare society to be inclusive and consider ICTs and particularly the Internet as a key element of social inclusion and a fundamental right of equality initiatives are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives. To describe the epidemiological profile of people living with disabilities due to traffic accidents (TA) in Peru. Materials and methods. Secondary analysis of the National Survey Specialized on Disability (ENEDIS) of 2012 and an ecological analysis of TA records of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications was done. Results. Disability by traffic accidents (DAT) was reported by 49,036 persons; 81.3% of whom live in urban areas. The most frequent disability was limited locomotion and skill (77.4%), followed by visual impairment (22.9%). Dependence for activities was reported in 44.7% of persons with disabilities. The regions with the highest prevalence of TA have a higher prevalence of disability by traffic accidents (Spearman coefficient: 0.426, p=0.034). Conclusions. Most of disability due to TA is found in urban areas, correspond to males and consist of persons in economically productive age. The most common form of disability is in locomotion. Most of individuals do not receive any form of rehabilitation, which accentuates health inequity related to traffic accidents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Disability has been pathologized by medical knowledge focused on the biological body as an object of rehabilitation with nonmedical knowledge that manage standardization. Based on the reflexiveness, the article proposes interactions between social critical studies before applying the expertise, in order to situate the representation and knowledge production from the perspective of social studies of science, technology and medicine, and from the experiences, to revive discussions opened by postcolonial and feminist studies. As a result, epistemic distancing questions the ways of doing research and thinking / understanding the socio-political reality experienced by women and men with disabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents a research review on the psychological and social aspects related with the sexuality of persons with spinal cord injury. The relevance that the impact of injury has on people and its environment, in general, and on sexuality sphere in particular, becomes an area of great scientific and social interest. This is explained by the constant growth in the prevalence and in the radical bio-psycho-social changes that the spinal cord injury involves. So, people must cope in their sexual life with changes as much in the physical as in the emotional areas as well as in social relationships. With this purpose, the available bibliography is revised trying to focus in i) the size of publications where the topic appears in, ii) the thematic areas object of study, iii) the publications methodology, to reach finally iv) the conclusions of our review. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]