Challenges to the human rights of people with intellectual disabilities /

Challenges to the human rights of people with intellectual disabilities / edited by Frances Owen and Dorothy Griffiths, foreword by Orville Endicott. - London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009. - 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Rights Education Project that inspired this book / Historical and theoretical foundations of the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities : setting the stage / 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 / Right of life / Self-determination and the emerging role of person-centered planning : a dialogical framework / Legal rights and persons with intellectual disabilities / Medical rights for people with intellectual disabilities / Sexuality and human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities / Right to evidence-based treatment for individuals with developmental disabilities : issues of the use of therapeutic punishment / Rights and education / Ensuring rights : systemic and educational approaches / Frances Owen and Dorothy Griffiths -- Frances Owen, Dorothy Griffiths, Donato Tarulli, and Jacqueline Murphy -- Jocelin Lecomte and Celine Mercier -- Shelley L. Watson and Dorothy Griffiths -- Donato Tarulli and Carol Sales -- Voula Marinos, Dorothy Griffiths, Leanna Gosse, Jennifer Robinson, J. Gregory Olley, and William Lindsay -- Yona Lunsky, Paul Fedoroff, Kajsa Klassen, Carolyn Gracey, Susan Havercamp, Beverly Fedoroff, Alberta and Nicholas Lennox -- Deborah Richards, Nancy Miodrag, Shelley L. Watson, Maurice Feldman, Marjorie Aunos, Diane Cox-Lindenbaum, Dorothy Griffiths -- Tricia Vause, Kaleigh Regehr, Maurice Feldman, Dorothy Griffiths, and Frances Owen -- Christine Y. Tardif-Williams, Marion Trent-Kratz, and Krystine Donato -- Frances Owen, Mark Julien, Carol Sales, Christine Y. Tardif-Williams, Barbara Vyrostko, and Karen Stoner. Introduction :

This work combines historical, psychological, philosophical, social, educational, medical and legal perspectives to form an insightful account of the challenges to the human rights of people with intellectual disabilities.

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Mental health laws.
People with mental disabilities--Civil rights.
Mental health laws.
People with mental disabilities--Civil rights.

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