Challenges to the Human Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities
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Challenges to the Human Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Challenges to the Human Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities

About this book

A book such as this both demonstrates the progress that has been made over recent years, and will also serve to enhance respect for the human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in the years to come.'

- From the Foreword by Orville Endicott

This wide-ranging volume provides a multidisciplinary examination of human rights and the lives of people with intellectual disabilities.

The book combines historical, psychological, philosophical, social, educational, medical and legal perspectives to form a unique and insightful account of the subject. Initial chapters explain the historical context of rights for people with intellectual disabilities, including the right to life, and propose a conceptual framework to inform contemporary practice. Contributors then explore the many theoretical and practical challenges that people with intellectual disabilities face, in exercising their civil rights, educational rights or participatory rights, for instance. The implications arising from these issues are identified and practical guidelines for support and accommodation are provided.

This book will be an essential resource for practitioners, advocates, lawyers, policy-makers and students on disability courses.

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Yes, you can access Challenges to the Human Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities by Frances Owen, Dorothy Griffiths in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Learning Disabilities. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Of Related Interest
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Contents
  9. FOREWORD BY ORVILLE ENDICOTT
  10. Introduction: The Rights Education Project that Inspired this Book
  11. 1. Historical and Theoretical Foundations of the Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: Setting the Stage
  12. 2. The Emergence of the Human Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in International Law: The Cases of the Montreal Declaration on International Disabilities and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  13. 3. Right to Life
  14. 4. Self-Determination and the Emerging Role of Person-Centred Planning: A Dialogical Framework
  15. 5. Legal Rights and Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
  16. 6. Medical Rights for People with Intellectual Disabilities
  17. 7. Sexuality and Human Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
  18. 8. Right to Evidence-Based Treatment for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Issues of the Use of Therapeutic Punishment
  19. 9. Rights and Education
  20. 10. Ensuring Rights: Systemic and Educational Approaches
  21. Contributors
  22. Subject Index
  23. Author Index