He Prado Museum in Spain reviewed 1,800 posters of paintings displayed on its walls and 27 thousand texts on its website to remove offensive words that go against the modification of the disability law. Terms such as “diminished”, “deformed” or “dwarf” will no longer be part of the museum’s vocabulary.
This reform seeks to adapt to the constitutional change of article 49, which is expected to be debated in Congress next week. “The challenge is to match the modifications to the constitutional change because the term ‘disabled’ is considered in some way harmful to people with disabilities,” Museum sources told Europa Press.
“The Child of Vallecas” by Velázquez.
These changes were carried out with pleasure by the Prado authorities, according to the media. With this step They comply with the institution’s “duty of exemplarity.” “If that term does not appear in the Constitution, it should not appear in the files or references of the paintings,” the museum highlighted.
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In any case, the modifications have a limit, the titles of the paintings were not changed because they are part of the work of art and chosen by their creators.
The changes began a long time ago, when progress was made in discarding at the end of 2022 the description “wife of” on the posters of works that talk about women to show “a current story.”
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On the museum’s website, the term “dwarf” is supported in the painting by John Clostermann (17th century), since it is part of the name of the work, the same occurs in the case of the title of the engraving “The faggot of the Aunt Gila”, by Goya, signed in his own handwriting.
However, in the picture “The Child of Vallecas” by Velázquez The word “dwarfism” was removed from the description and the term “achondroplasia” was used instead.
“We have decided to revisit with a sharper criterion texts to which we did not see any particularity when they were written, but which now, due to social sensitivity, we discovered there are terms out of step with the rhythm of the times,” the Museum authorities highlighted. EFE.
Disability law reform
The reform of article 49 of the Constitution It is a historical demand of people with disabilities in Spain who demand that they stop being named as “physically, sensory and mentally handicapped”, categories used in 1978.
Specifically, the law states: “The public authorities will carry out a policy of provision, treatment, rehabilitation and integration of the physically, sensory and mentally handicapped, to whom they will provide the specialized attention they require and will protect them especially for the enjoyment of the rights that this title granted to all citizens.”
The current proposal proposes to completely modify article 49, “both from the point of view of language and its structure and content”, as argued in the text of the last draft approved by the Government on May 11, 2021. If the modification is accepted, the text would look like this:
“Article 49.
1. People with disabilities are entitled to the rights and duties provided for in this Title in conditions of freedom and real and effective equality, without discrimination occurring.
2. Public powers will carry out the necessary policies to guarantee the full personal autonomy and social inclusion of people with disabilities. These policies will respect your freedom of choice and preferences, and will be adopted with the participation of representative organizations of people with disabilities in the terms established by law. The specific needs of women and girls with disabilities will be particularly addressed.
3. The special protection of people with disabilities will be regulated for the full exercise of their rights and duties.
4. People with disabilities enjoy the protection provided for in the international treaties ratified by Spain that ensure their rights.”
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