Legislative and Disability: Initiative 5125
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accesibility, reasonable accomodations, disability, inclusionAbstract
People with disabilities are a group that has been excluded and discriminated against. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its ratification by Guatemala aimed to eradicate this situation. However, this has not yet been achieved for various reasons. One of them is the lack of a law that aligns with the convention, leading to the proposal of Initiative 5125. This initiative was not approved, although the current government has shown openness and willingness to advance this process. This article aims to reflect on the creation, follow-up, and non-approval of Legislative Initiative 5125. This study was qualitative, with an exploratory scope and a phenomenological design. An interview was used to gather information, and the sample included people who were closely involved in the creation of this legislative initiative. Among the main findings are two aspects that serve as obstacles to advancing its approval: the budget needed to implement the requirements of this initiative and the creation of a Secretariat on Disability Affairs, which involves institutional changes for the Consejo Nacional para la Atención de las Personas con discapacidad (CONADI).
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