As SARS-CoV-2 expanded throughout the world and became a pandemic, the idea of said virus as a “great equalizer” became popular due to its seemingly unrestricted transmission potential. However, this notion was promptly abandoned when it became clear that, despite everyone being at risk of contracting the virus, those most vulnerable are particularly defenseless and disproportionally impacted by it. On the one hand, the effects of the pandemic are exacerbated by the preexisting social and economic inequalities found in our society; conversely, the country’s own legal framework has rendered them unprotected. Among these, people with disabilities are a significant group. Representing almost 10% of the total population, they haven’t been subject of sufficiently effective and differentiated public policies to ensure their full inclusion and enjoyment of rights; situation that ha...

A medida que la infección del SARS-CoV-2 se expandía hasta convertirse en una pandemia mundial, se popularizó la calificación de este virus como “el gran igualador”, debido a su posibilidad irrestricta de transmisión. Sin embargo, esta noción fue rápidamente abandonada. Si bien el virus puede afectar a cualquier persona, aquellas en situación de vulnerabilidad están particularmente indefensas. Por un lado, debido a todas las formas en que las desigualdades sociales y económicas preexistentes en nuestra sociedad agravan los efectos devastadores de esta pandemia, y por el otro, debido al estado de vulnerabilización a que nuestro propio ordenamiento jurídico les ha expuesto. De estos, un grupo importante son las personas en situación de discapacidad. Ese grupo que bordea el 10% de la población no han sido beneficiarias de políticas diferenciadas suficientemente efectivas ...

As SARS-CoV-2 expanded throughout the world and became a pandemic, the idea of said virus as a “great equalizer” became popular due to its seemingly unrestricted transmission potential. However, this notion was promptly abandoned when it became clear that, despite everyone being at risk of contracting the virus, those most vulnerable are particularly defenseless and disproportionally impacted by it. On the one hand, the effects of the pandemic are exacerbated by the preexisting social and economic inequalities found in our society; conversely, the country’s own legal framework has rendered them unprotected. Among these, people with disabilities are a significant group. Representing almost 10% of the total population, they haven’t been subject of sufficiently effective and differentiated public policies to ensure their full inclusion and enjoyment of rights; situation that ha...