 Philosophical analysis of the similarities between the Recovery Approach and the Human Development Model-Disability Creation Process 
Now recognized as the gold standard for promoting good mental health practice, the recovery approach (RA) involves considering the individual's recovery process and adopting recovery-oriented practices by stakeholders, organizations, and society. (Mental Health Commission of Canada, 2015; Shepherd et al., 2010; Shepherd et al., 2008). The Human Development Model – Disability Creation Process (HDM-DCP) considers that social participation results from the interaction between personal and environmental factors. According to this model, these factors have equal importance in understanding disability situations experienced by a person or by a group, or a community sharing common personal characteristics in a same context (Fougeyrollas, 2010). This paper aims to analyze the philosophical similarities between the RA and the HDM-DCP. Besides, it intends to discuss the mutual contribution of these approaches in the fight against social obstacles that limit the social participation of people who are marginalized or in vulnerability/disability situations. For this purpose, we undertook a philosophical analysis of an hermeneutic nature. Five angles of analysis were chosen to identify the philosophical similarities between RA and HDM-DCP: 1) Anthropological; 2) Environmental; 3) Axiological; 4) Ethical; 5) Political. Fourteen elements (sub-themes) of similarities were identified between the two approaches from all the philosophical angles analyzed that justify a mutual contribution to understanding marginalized and vulnerable people's situations.