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At least five major associations work to enable the participation of Brazilians with disabilities in sport.<ref name="anginf">{{cite web|url=https://www.angloinfo.com/brazil/how-to/brazil-healthcare-people-with-disabilities|title=People With Disabilities|website=Angloinfo|publisher=Angloinfo|accessdate=8 June 2016}}</ref>
At least five major associations work to enable the participation of Brazilians with disabilities in sport.<ref name="anginf">{{cite web|url=https://www.angloinfo.com/brazil/how-to/brazil-healthcare-people-with-disabilities|title=People With Disabilities|website=Angloinfo|publisher=Angloinfo|accessdate=8 June 2016}}</ref>


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Functional disability of adults in Brazil: prevalence and associated factors<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Andrade|first=Keitty Regina Cordeiro de|last2=Silva|first2=Marcus Tolentino|last3=Galvão|first3=Taís Freire|last4=Pereira|first4=Maurício Gomes|last5=Andrade|first5=Keitty Regina Cordeiro de|last6=Silva|first6=Marcus Tolentino|last7=Galvão|first7=Taís Freire|last8=Pereira|first8=Maurício Gomes|date=00/2015|title=Functional disability of adults in Brazil: prevalence and associated factors|url=http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-89102015000100268&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en|journal=Revista de Saúde Pública|language=en|volume=49|doi=10.1590/S0034-8910.2015049005945|issn=0034-8910}}</ref>

Country profile: intellectual disability in Brazil<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Carvalho|first=Erenice Natalia Soares de|last2=Forrester-Jones|first2=Rachel|date=2016-04-04|title=Country profile: intellectual disability in Brazil|url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/TLDR-05-2015-0022/full/html|journal=Tizard Learning Disability Review|language=en|volume=21|issue=2|pages=65–74|doi=10.1108/TLDR-05-2015-0022|issn=1359-5474}}</ref>

Shifting notions of disability in Brazil<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rios|first=Clarice|last2=Costa Andrada|first2=Barbara|date=2016-04-04|title=Shifting notions of disability in Brazil|url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/TLDR-10-2015-0039/full/html|journal=Tizard Learning Disability Review|language=en|volume=21|issue=2|pages=75–79|doi=10.1108/TLDR-10-2015-0039|issn=1359-5474}}</ref>

A qualitative study analyzing access to physical rehabilitation for traffic accident victims with severe disability in Brazil<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sousa|first=Kelienny de Meneses|last2=Oliveira|first2=Wagner Ivan Fonsêca de|last3=Melo|first3=Laiza Oliveira Mendes de|last4=Alves|first4=Emanuel Augusto|last5=Piuvezam|first5=Grasiela|last6=Gama|first6=Zenewton André da Silva|date=2017-03-13|title=A qualitative study analyzing access to physical rehabilitation for traffic accident victims with severe disability in Brazil|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/09638288.2016.1152606|journal=Disability and Rehabilitation|language=en|volume=39|issue=6|pages=568–577|doi=10.3109/09638288.2016.1152606|issn=0963-8288}}</ref>

Impossible dances: Staging disability in Brazil<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Teixeira|first=Ana Carolina Bezerra|date=2015-04-01|title=Impossible dances: Staging disability in Brazil|url=http://openurl.ingenta.com/content/xref?genre=article&issn=2040-5669&volume=6&issue=1&spage=9|journal=Choreographic Practices|language=en|volume=6|issue=1|pages=9–23|doi=10.1386/chor.6.1.9_1}}</ref>
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There are an estimated 16 million people with disabilities in Brazil. Although 9 million of these are of working age, only 1 million are in the labor force.[1]

Brazil is a party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, having signed the treaty on 30 March 2007 and ratified it on 1 August 2008.[2] Brazil's Law 7853 criminalizes discrimination based on disability, and other legal protections also exist.[1]

At least five major associations work to enable the participation of Brazilians with disabilities in sport.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Disability News: South America". Disabled World. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  2. ^ "UN Treaty Collection: parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: List of parties". United Nations. 2012-03-21. Archived from the original on 2012-08-19. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  3. ^ "People With Disabilities". Angloinfo. Angloinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2016.