Milei withdraws the reform he proposed to call "idiots" either "useless" To people with disabilities

Chijioke Obinna

Milei withdraws the reform he proposed to call "idiots" either "useless" To people with disabilities

The National Disability Agency of Argentina (Andis), under the Ministry of Health, has announced in a statement that will back to the proposal the Milei government of Call idiots, useless and weak mental to people with special abilities Depending on your degree of disability.

In a statement in its X profile, the Andis has announced the revocation of the measure and has assured that This is “an error from an obsolete terminology”clarifying that they did not intend to offend or harm people with disabilities.

Outrage of associations and groups

The norm unleashed a wave of criticism of the Government of Milei by associations, organizations and relatives of people with special capacities.

He Permanent disability forum He published last week a statement in which the initiative of the Argentine Government was criticized, ensuring that it is “An inadmissible setback that threatens the rights of people with disabilities. “

In the same line the program lawyer pronounced Rights of people with disabilities, Agostina Quirozwhich assured that “historical prejudices are reproduced and reinforced that exacerbate the discrimination of people with disabilities”, which “They generate serious damage to them and their families”.

Chijioke Obinna

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