ABSTRACT
Very little has been written about disability in Central America. Documentation tends to be of a statistical/census nature that lists numbers, gender, location and nature of disability. A comprehensive study of disabled women in El Salvador does not exist, although UNICEF has begun compiling data about those disabled by the war, both men and women. Smaller studies, conducted by private organizations such as FUNTER (Fundacion Teleton Pro-Rehabilitacion), have touched on the rehabilitation aspects of disability: special education for children, centers for the blind-but always focusing on ‘this health problem,’1 and ignoring the multiple ways disability affects other parts of an individual’s life.
