The human rights agenda for persons with intellectual disabilities
By: edited by Dorothy Griffiths, Frances Owen and Shelley L. Watson
Publisher: NADD Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Kingston, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781572561458
Subjects: Human rights advocacy; Human rights; People with disabilities; Developmental disabilities; People with mental disabilities; Civil rights; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol
Description: "This book explores ways in which the spirit of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities may be enacted in the lives of individuals who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. A broad range of rights issues and research is examined related to health, education, the law, sexuality, parenting, and daily living, with the goal of exploring the history of concerns and barriers to rights enactment. Examples of rights promotion programs are described and strategy recommendations are provided for organizations and self-advocates committed to the promotion of the authentic enactment of human rights." - Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The right to exist and to life-sustaining measures / Shelley L. Watson, Tim Stainton and Dick Sobsey; title: The right to community living / Frances Owen and Gillian MacKinnon; title: The right to accessible health care for persons with intellectual disabilities / Shelley L. Watson and Stephanie Hayes; title: Inclusion, education, and transition to employment : a work in progress / Sheila Bennett and Tiffany L. Gallagher; title: The right to sexuality and relationships / Deborah A. Richards, Shelley L. Watson, Shannon Monger and Chrissie Rogers; title: A right to parent : supports for parents with intellectual disabilities and their children / Maurice Feldman, Virginia Cruz, Julianne Hay, David McConnell and Christine Tardif-Williams; title: The right to consent to treatment / Shelley L. Watson, Deborah A. Richards, Stephanie Hayes, Jocelin Lecomte and Chris Taua; title: Human rights and the justice system / Jeffery Hamelin, Voula Marinos, Jennifer Robinson and Dorothy Griffiths; title: Human rights, self-advocacy / Donato Tarulli and Robyn Saaltink; title: Human rights : where we are and where we're going / Orville Endicott.