Open AccessCosta Rica: la situación de las personas con discapacidad en perspectiva histórica y actual
Author(s) -
Mariángela Vargas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista atlántida/revista atlántida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2530-853X
pISSN - 2171-4924
DOI - 10.25145/j.atlantid.20.11.04
Subject(s) - census , geography , population , welfare economics , political science , sociology , demography , economics
This research is an analysis of the situation of people with disabilities in Costa Rica, in the past and present, based on the data available from 1821 to this day, referring to the institutional framework that has been created for the attention of this particular sector of the population. The sources that will be used for this purpose are going to be census data, past and current regulations and available information of the institutions and organism present about institutional structures and agencies concerning the situation of people with disabilities. The main discovery refers to the importance of the previous institutional path in the field of disability within the country, which today allows it to sustain the achievements, despite the adjustments period in the country