Great disability and acquisition of adaptive abilities. Towards a humane and flexible interpretation of the normative requirements

Abstract

The sentence of the Supreme Court of 10th February 2015 resolves the appeal for the unification of doctrine that deals with the recognition of the situation of great disability for a person who shows proof of a very qualified loss of visual acuity, equated to total blindness. The Social Courtroom of the Supreme Tribunal pronounces about two essential issues: the relaxation of the law requirement of "factual fundamental identity" for the admission of the appeal and the reinterpretation of the art. 137.6 LGSS, which literally demands the assistance of a go-between for the fulfilment of the most essential acts of life.