page_title: Disability in Cuba
section_title: Sport
hierarchical_section_title: Disability in Cuba / Sport
caption_attribution_description: Yunidis Castillo of Cuba preparing for the Women's 100m - T46 second semifinal
context_page_description: There are around 447,600 people with disability in Cuba. A large number of people with disabilities in Cuba have an intellectual disability and about 3.2 percent have a severe disability. The government of Cuba has a medical model of disability in its approach to policies on people with disabilities. The government is also hostile to organizations who do not fully support Cuba's politics. Another unique challenge that people with disabilities in the country face is due to the economic embargo of Cuba which has caused shortages in medical materials and assistive technology. The Constitution of Cuba has provisions for protecting the rights of people with disabilities and the country signed onto the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2007.
context_section_description: The Federación Cubana de Limitados Físico-Motores (ACLIFIM) was created in 1977 and registered with the National Olympic Committee. The ACLIFIM was nationalized on March 14, 1980.
  Cuba first competed in the 1992 Paralympic Games and continued to participate in Summer Paralympics.
caption: 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, Yunidis Castillo of Cuba preparing for the Women's 100m - T46 second semifinal
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