Care in the complex dependence of people with disabilities: a matter of justice

Abstract

The purpose of this text is to problematize the care of people with disabilities who experience the complex dependence and defend care as a matter of justice. For that, we estab-lish a dialogue between disability studies and a political-feminist ethics of care. In the first section, we approach the theme of care from a political-feminist perspective. Then, we point out how ableism and familism, in line with neoliberal policies, obstruct access to care, some-thing accentuated in times of emergency in the field of health, as during the Covid-19 pan-demic. Finally, based on the understanding that public care is a matter of justice for people with disabilities, we present some ethical-political assumptions that contribute to qualify the debate on this subject and to foster the construction of emancipatory social policies