Challenges to the human rights of people with intellectual disabilities /

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Imprint:	London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (288 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Mental health laws. People with mental disabilities -- Civil rights. Personal & social issues: disability & special needs (Children's -- Teenage) Social issues (Children's -- Teenage) POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. Mental health laws. People with mental disabilities -- Civil rights. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11203519

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Other authors / contributors:	Owen, Frances Ann, 1952- Griffiths, Dorothy M., 1950-
ISBN:	1282059327 9781282059320 9781846428869 1846428866 184310590X 9781843105909
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Challenges to the human rights of people with intellectual disabilities. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009
Standard no.:	9786612059322

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