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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.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.Description: 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781843105909
  • 184310590X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.08/7 22
LOC classification:
  • K640 .C44 2009
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Contents:
Introduction : The Rights Education Project that inspired this book / Frances Owen and Dorothy Griffiths -- Historical and theoretical foundations of the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities : setting the stage / Frances Owen, Dorothy Griffiths, Donato Tarulli, and Jacqueline Murphy -- 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 / Jocelin Lecomte and Celine Mercier -- Right of life / Shelley L. Watson and Dorothy Griffiths -- Self-determination and the emerging role of person-centered planning : a dialogical framework / Donato Tarulli and Carol Sales -- Legal rights and persons with intellectual disabilities / Voula Marinos, Dorothy Griffiths, Leanna Gosse, Jennifer Robinson, J. Gregory Olley, and William Lindsay -- Medical rights for people with intellectual disabilities / Yona Lunsky, Paul Fedoroff, Kajsa Klassen, Carolyn Gracey, Susan Havercamp, Beverly Fedoroff, Alberta and Nicholas Lennox -- Sexuality and human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities / Deborah Richards, Nancy Miodrag, Shelley L. Watson, Maurice Feldman, Marjorie Aunos, Diane Cox-Lindenbaum, Dorothy Griffiths -- Right to evidence-based treatment for individuals with developmental disabilities : issues of the use of therapeutic punishment / Tricia Vause, Kaleigh Regehr, Maurice Feldman, Dorothy Griffiths, and Frances Owen -- Rights and education / Christine Y. Tardif-Williams, Marion Trent-Kratz, and Krystine Donato -- Ensuring rights : systemic and educational approaches / Frances Owen, Mark Julien, Carol Sales, Christine Y. Tardif-Williams, Barbara Vyrostko, and Karen Stoner.
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  • Legacy 2017
Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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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