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Challenges to the human rights of people with intellectual disabilities / edited by Frances Owen and Dorothy Griffiths ; foreword by Orville Endicott.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental health laws.
- People with mental disabilities--Civil rights.
- People with mental disabilities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (290 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book provides a multidisciplinary examination of human rights and the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. It combines historical, psychological, philosophical, social, educational, medical and legal perspectives to form a unique and insightful account of the subject.
- Contents:
- FRONT COVER; CHALLENGES TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES; Contents; FOREWORD; Introduction: the Rights Education Project that Inspired This Book; 1. Historical and Theoretical Foundations of the Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: Setting the Stage; 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; 3. Right to Life
- 4. Self-Determination and the Emerging Role of Person-Centred Planning: A Dialogical Framework5. Legal Rights and Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; 6. Medical Rights for People with Intellectual Disabilities; 7. Sexuality and Human Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; 8. Right to Evidence-Based Treatment for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Issues of the Use of Therapeutic Punishment; 9. Rights and Education; 10. Ensuring Rights: Systemic and Educational Approaches; CONTRIBUTORS; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786612059322
- 9781282059320
- 1282059327
- 9781846428869
- 1846428866
- OCLC:
- 437090037
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