Intellectual disability and stigma : stepping out from the margins / Katrina Scior, Shirli Werner, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scior, Katrina, editor.

Werner, Shirli, 1976- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with mental disabilities.

Stigma (Social psychology).

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xxi, 230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

Contents:

Toward understanding intellectual disability stigma : introduction / Katrina Scior

Measurement methods to assess intellectual disability stigma / Shirli Werner

How stigma affects the lives of people with intellectual disabilities : an overview / Nicole Ditchman, Kristin Kosyluk, Eun-Jeong Lee, and Nev Jones

How stigma affects us : the voice of self-advocates / Dana Roth, Dorit Barak, and Heli Peretz

Rarely seen, seldom heard : people with intellectual disabilities in the mass media / Rebecca Renwick

Stigmatic representation of intellectual disability and termination of parental custody rights / Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir and James G. Rice

Self-stigma in people with intellectual disabilities / Rory Sheehan and Afia Ali

Intellectual disability, stigma, and hate crimes / Mark Sherry and Anna Neller

Interventions aimed at tackling intellectual disability stigma : what works and what still needs to be done / Shirli Werner and Katrina Scior

Relationships matter : addressing stigma among children and youth with intellectual disabilities and their peers / Erik W. Carter, Elizabeth E. Biggs, and Carly L. Blustein

Empowering people with intellectual disabilities to challenge stigma / Sian Anderson and Christine Bigby

Tackling stigma in developing countries : the key role of families / Roy McConkey, Callista Kahonde, and Judith McKenzie

The law as a source of stigma or empowerment : legal capacity and persons with intellectual disabilities / Janos Fiala-Butora and Michael Ashley Stein

Intellectual disability, group identification, and self-evaluation / Jason Crabtree, William Mandy, and Hannah Mustard

Epilogue / Katrina Scior and Shirli Werner.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137524980

1137524987

OCLC:

945949144