Objetivo: comprender las representaciones sociales que tienen los medicos, enfermeras, fisioterapeutas y fonoaudiologos de Cartagena Colombia respecto a la discapacidad, Materiales y metodos: Mediante la perspectiva cualitativa aplicando un estudio hermeneutico comprensivo, participaron 22 profesionales del area de la salud. Resultados: Las representaciones sociales se constituyeron alrededor de tres categorias esenciales: La actitud hacia la discapacidad, la Informacion sobre la discapacidad y el campo representacional de la discapacidad. Conclusiones: se visualiza una marcada perspectiva orientada a ver a la persona desde la funcionamiento – discapacidad; y en la proporcion de cuanto se acerca o se aleja de lo que se considera un desempeno eficiente y eficaz, en este sentido aun se mantiene una concepcion instrumentalista y medico asistencial. Title: Disability Social Representations of Cartagena Health Professionals Abstract: Objective: To understand the social representations that doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and speech therapists Cart-agena Colombia regarding disability, Materials and methods: qualitative perspective By applying a comprehensive her-meneutical study, involving 22 professionals in the area of health. Results: The attitude towards disability, information on disability and the representational field of disability: Social representations about three essential categories were estab-lished. Conclusions: a marked-oriented perspective to see the person from the operation appears - disability; and the proportion of how it approaches or moves away from what is considered an efficient and effective performance in this regard even a care and medical instrumentalist conception is maintained.