Situación de las personas con discapacidad intelectual y sus familias frente a la crisis generada por Covid-19

Abstract

The situation generated by the health crisis has disrupted the entire social system and the citizens usual behaviour dynamics. Of course, it has also affected people with intellectual disabilities and the support systems for them. In this article we want to describe how people with intellectual disabilities to whom Futuro Singular Córdoba provides support lived the situation during the quarantine, what resources they had and how the families valued the work carried out by the foundation. On the other hand, we want to make an observation about how a public health issue like the one we have experienced can affect the models of providing support to people with intellectual disabilities. The progress achieved thanks to person-centered and community development approaches is put at risk in the face of the proposals of social health models that do not adjust to the reality of the majority of people with intellectual disabilities. This represents a clear setback in the practices of providing support focused on models of citizenship and impact on quality of life.