“Since September, we have tried to approve this Disability Emergency Law four times and our rights are not fulfilled, because there is less than a month left until the start of classes and no one knows if the special schools will open, no one knows if we will have companions, no one knows if we will be able to access medication-transport, our rights, our health education,” said Ian Mosche in a video uploaded on social networks.
In a recording, the young activist noted: “Twelve people committed suicide, including children, adults and adolescents for not being able to access therapies and treatment. Given the severity and magnitude that this has reached, no one knows what will happen this year. We will have to wait until February 4 for the deputies to come out to speak and return to the debate.” “They are all accomplices!” Mosche highlighted and pointed out against the “journalists” who “do not talk about reality” and questioned the Government for not being “with the people.”
In a fragment of the edition, the Argentine autistic child and activist for the rights of neurodivergent people who became known for his work on social networks, promoting inclusion and empathy about autism, mentioned the actress’s recent statements Valentina Bassi. The artist highlighted the lack of access to education and the right to health due to the failure to implement the Disability Emergency Law passed in September of last year.
“The government is in judicial disobedience. It violates the constitution, the division of powers, the rules of democracy and nothing happens, everything seems to be apparently normal,” said Bassi, calling on leaders, legislators and journalists; closed: “The Constitution does not allow neutrality, especially when the Human Rights of such vulnerable people are being overwhelmed.”
The Disability Emergency Law was sanctioned by Congress in July 2025 and designated as Law 27,793. The norm It was conceived as an instrument to guarantee basic rights to people with disabilities, including the updating of benefits, the creation of non-contributory pensions equivalent to 70% of the minimum retirement asset and the regularization of debts of the health system with providers, among other measures that seek to comply with the country’s constitutional and international commitments.
The law also declares a national disability emergency until December 31, 2026extendable for another year, in a context of cuts in assistance and social protests by organizations in the sector. However, Javier Milei’s administration adopted a very critical stance, initially vetoing it. August 4, 2025arguing that “it was essential that any expansion of benefits be designed with criteria of financial viability, institutional responsibility and sustainability,” adding that there was not enough money to finance it without putting other essential services at risk.
The response from the Legislature was forceful: Congress rejected the presidential veto in both chambers with a large majoritya historic gesture that did not occur more than two decades ago and that forced the Executive to promulgate the norm. However, the government found a way to delay its practical application: through the Decree 681/2025conditioned the implementation of the law for Congress to specify specific financing sources and include the items in the national budgetwhich has been interpreted by opponents and constitutionalists as a “covert veto” that contravenes the parliamentary will.
The clash between the Executive and Justice was also felt: in January 2026 a federal judge ordered the Government to regulate and implement the law before February 4warning that, otherwise, daily fines for officials or even criminal cases for disobedienceafter a presentation by families affected by the delay in the implementation of the regulations. This judicial measure annulled part of the presidential strategy of requiring prior financing conditions for its implementation.
A case that was reported in the media was the one carried out by Ian Mosche. In the midst of crossing the law, Milei published controversial messages on her social networks referring to Mosche and his claim, which led the family to file a legal complaint for violation of the rights of children and people with disabilities, accusing the president of using his condition in a political dispute and of spreading messages that led to digital harassment.
Beyond the strictly legal, the discussion on the Disability Emergency Law has put into tension different dimensions of the Argentine public debate: the need to protect fundamental social rights in the face of neoliberal economic reforms, the role of institutions to guarantee these rights and the social and political treatment of people with disabilities. The Government has defended its strategy by appealing to fiscal sustainability, while opponents and social organizations have harshly questioned a delay that leaves one of the most vulnerable populations in the country without real coverage.
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