Estudio comparado sobre la legislación de discapacidades psíquicas causadas por enfermedades mentales clasificadas dentro del CIE-10 como F20, F31 y F33.

Abstract

This academic article is a comparative study that seeks to analyze, in an integral manner and with a multidisciplinary focus, Ecuadorian and foreign laws concerning disabilities. The present article structures itself by providing a legal notion of what disability is, and how it creates rights, briefly touching on the topic of the history of disability law, and ultimately making a comparison of specific articles and general themes found in Ecuadorian law, making an emphasis on the comparison between Ecuadorian law with European and Latin-American legislation. Finally, the article makes suggestions within the local legal framework to achieve real objectives in relation to the protection the State provides to people with disabilities.