Pinto, P. C. (2011). Between the lines: A critical discourse analysis of disability policy in Portugal. Disability Studies Quarterly, 31(3). https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v31i3.1678 

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Disability legislation is making a change towards policies more focused on individual human rights. With the institution of the PAIPDI, the country, like many other European countries in current times, isworking towards a renewed and improved understanding of disabilities with the goal of more just practices.

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Between the lines: A critical discourse analysis of disability policy in Portugal

The plan is seen as the main instrument towards the push for greater consideration and integration of human rights into Portugal's disability policy sector. A collaboration between the Office of the State Secretary for Rehabilitation and the National Secretariat for the Rehabilitation and Integration of People with Disabilities, the plan appears to require a certain level of literacy to be read based on how its presented (bureaucratic and managerial positions). 

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