Five sessions collected different perspectives
SENADIS’s May 2025 results report recorded three regional sessions for civil society and two for public officials. Participants discussed recruitment, entering a job and remaining in employment. They highlighted inaccessible selection processes, prejudice, missing adjustments and insufficient support after hiring. Their contributions addressed the experience of working, beyond the act of recruitment.
Communication and working conditions mattered
The report recorded demands for interpreters for deaf workers, appropriate software for blind workers and sensory adjustments for autistic workers. Participants also called for clearer responsibilities, training and continuing support. The consultation invitation provided for Chilean sign-language interpretation and explained that the recommendations would inform drafting but were not binding. [2][1]
Astorga links participation with public policy
When announcing the consultation on 1 April 2025, acting SENADIS director Karen Astorga said “social participation is key to designing and implementing public policies”. The online process invited disabled people, their organisations and regional civil-society councillors. Separate discussions brought in officials responsible for reporting on employment inclusion in municipalities, central government and autonomous public institutions.