The goal of this research was to assess the state of the art of disability in undergraduate theses submitted as a requisite for the degree of Psychologist in private universities in Bogotá. Documentary research involving the review of RAEs from databases was used; the selected period was from 1998 until 2009. Documents addressing disability, physical disability, cognitive disability, sensory disability, and social inclusion were preferred. Those documents addressing disability from a rehabilitatory standpoint (dementia, head trauma, etc.), those in which social inclusion was not related to disability (displacement, for example), and those in which Psychology, in particular disability itself did not play a preponderant role were not taken into account. The obtained results suggest much less interest in Faculties of Psychology than in Faculties of Health Sciences regarding the production of undergraduate research works addressing disability. The latter faculties increased their researches after the approval of the Public Policies for Bogotá in 2004. Bigger interest towards disability in private confessional universities was also found. One of the conclusions of this research is that it is imperative to make curricular changes in undergraduate programs in Psychology in order to give future psychologists the ability to properly deal with subjects such as disability, psychology and public policies to coherently fulfill state policies at both the local and national levels. 

The objective of this work is to establish the relationship between the social determinants of health and the components of disability. Methods and Tools: descriptive study with phase correlation. 6.150 records corresponding to the totality of the population indexed in the Public Record of Location and Characterization of People with Disability, provided by the local Health Department of Manizales, were analyzed. Results: 3.181 of the total records were women and 2.969 were men; the average age was 40.5 years for men and 48.9 years for women. The study showed that the most significant alterations were: Alterations in body movement, hands, arms and legs (44.7 %); the main barriers are architectural ones; greater involvement in religious and family activities was found; involvement in cultural activities was scarce. The study revealed that permanent impairments are more common in middle adulthood, old age and childhood; the study also showed a relationship between age and ethnicity with participation restriction, p < 0,05. Conclusions: Low educational levels, resulting from a restriction in participation, hinder the capability to acquire knowledge and skills which would otherwise allow access to a broader labour market and to better living conditions.