page_title: Disability in Peru
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Disability in Peru / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: Con el fin de darles una mejor calidad de vida, el congresista Kenji Fujimori Higuchi (GPF) donó, el miércoles 25, tres sillas de ruedas neurológicas a igual número de niños que padecen de males congénitos. Hasta el despacho del parlamentario llegaron Jemima Pacheco Bellido (2), que sufre de parálisis cerebral; Junior Cervantes Medina (15); con parálisis cerebral severa y Brando Villegas (17), con espina bífida, quienes estuvieron acompañados por sus respectivas progenitoras.
context_page_description: Peruvians with disabilities constitute 5.2% of the population. 52.1% of disabled people are women. 40.5% of disabled Peruvians have a primary or better education. 76.8% are not economically active they have an unemployment rate of 12.1%. Of those Peruvians with disabilities who do work, 58.3% are self-employed.
context_section_description: In 2012, the largest group of people with disabilities in Peru had were those with physical issues, such as an inability to walk or use their arms or legs and who made up 59.2% of all disabled Peruvians. The second largest group (50.9%) experienced some type of visual impairment. Around 88% of those with disabilities in Peru do not receive treatment or therapy for their disabilities. In addition, more than 81% of disabled people in Peru did not know there were organizations that were able to help them with their disability. As reported by The Guardian in 2016, Peru has one of the highest employment gaps for people with disabilities in the world.
  In areas such as the Sacred Valley, 89% of children with disabilities don't go to school.
caption: Congress member, Kenji Fujimori, donates wheelchairs to children with disabilities.
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