Disability In Tzotziles
How are members with a disability treated within the community?
- Members of the Tzotziles treat each other with respect, and with cultural beliefs. Having special treatment or being disable is seen as an error from heavens, but between them, Tzotziles take care of each other, but they do discriminate the disable.
What job opportunities do they have? If none, what role do they play?
- Tzotziles divide the groups between women and men. Men are in charge of crops and cultivation of beans, maize, and other cash crops. Women in the other hand, have unpaid household tasks. Also domestic services, and they are paid for that.
What are their averages wages? Are they paid differently because they have a disability?
- The crop cultivation increased in the 19th century, and Tzotziles of Chamula on average can only produce about 20% …show more content…
- The 0.73% of the community of Tzotziles has a disability.
What is the most common disability within your community?
- The most common disability within Tzotziles is mental disability.
Do they have a specific name for the disability?
- The word “k’usi snuptanoje” means disability.
- For example:
♣ “Does your kid have a disability?” (English)
♣ ¿Mi oy junk ayol o anich’on ti koxo, ma’sat o yan k’usi snuptanoje? (Tzotzil)
What laws exist to protect members with a disability?
Two laws I found interesting are
Help disability people so they reach their maximum development
Eliminate any kind of discrimination to the people with disabilities.
What initiatives are being made by the government to protect these members? Give examples.
The government has been helping economically some organizations so they can help Tzotziles.
An example is when the government helped the organization “Movimiento Antorchista” with their project “Piso seguro” that costed around 623 thousand pesos and 50 percent of the cost was paid by the government.
What initiatives are being made by local organizations? Give
- Members of the Tzotziles treat each other with respect, and with cultural beliefs. Having special treatment or being disable is seen as an error from heavens, but between them, Tzotziles take care of each other, but they do discriminate the disable.
What job opportunities do they have? If none, what role do they play?
- Tzotziles divide the groups between women and men. Men are in charge of crops and cultivation of beans, maize, and other cash crops. Women in the other hand, have unpaid household tasks. Also domestic services, and they are paid for that.
What are their averages wages? Are they paid differently because they have a disability?
- The crop cultivation increased in the 19th century, and Tzotziles of Chamula on average can only produce about 20% …show more content…
- The 0.73% of the community of Tzotziles has a disability.
What is the most common disability within your community?
- The most common disability within Tzotziles is mental disability.
Do they have a specific name for the disability?
- The word “k’usi snuptanoje” means disability.
- For example:
♣ “Does your kid have a disability?” (English)
♣ ¿Mi oy junk ayol o anich’on ti koxo, ma’sat o yan k’usi snuptanoje? (Tzotzil)
What laws exist to protect members with a disability?
Two laws I found interesting are
Help disability people so they reach their maximum development
Eliminate any kind of discrimination to the people with disabilities.
What initiatives are being made by the government to protect these members? Give examples.
The government has been helping economically some organizations so they can help Tzotziles.
An example is when the government helped the organization “Movimiento Antorchista” with their project “Piso seguro” that costed around 623 thousand pesos and 50 percent of the cost was paid by the government.
What initiatives are being made by local organizations? Give