Women with disabilities and complex dependency: experiences of care relationships for surviving - living(more)

Abstract

In this study we investigated the perceptions of women with disabilities who experience complex dependence and need relationships of care to survive or "live more". The methodology involved exploratory qualitative research. This is an emancipatory feminist investigation, aligned with feminist disability studies. Based on the results we discuss the experience of complex dependence, the lack of a public policies for care, the reduction of social participation and, finally, the potential for interdependent relations between the interviewees and their caregivers.