This volume brings together two important contemporary social movements: human rights and disability rights. It analyses the global struggle to realize equality, dignity, and comprehensive human and civil rights for persons with intellectual disabilities. In 20 chapters, contributors from a range of disciplines address the latest international developments in the field. These include international human rights standards and other sources of legal protection, nondiscrimination laws and the economics of equality, preventative technology, remediation and habilitation, and lifestyle chices and…mehr
This volume brings together two important contemporary social movements: human rights and disability rights. It analyses the global struggle to realize equality, dignity, and comprehensive human and civil rights for persons with intellectual disabilities. In 20 chapters, contributors from a range of disciplines address the latest international developments in the field. These include international human rights standards and other sources of legal protection, nondiscrimination laws and the economics of equality, preventative technology, remediation and habilitation, and lifestyle chices and autonomy. The volume specifically considers the human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities from an international perspective. It identifies recent internatinal advances in their human rights and public policy positions, in addition to making recommendations for further advances at both the national and international levels.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Professor Stanley S. Herr taught at the University of Maryland School of Law from 1983 until his death in September 2001. In addition to his work in public policy, he was a Switzer Distinguished Research Fellow of the National Insitiute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Schell Senior Research Fellow at the Yale Law School Schell Center for International Human Rights, and President of the American Association on Mental Retardation. Lawrence O. Gostin is Professor of Law at Georgetown University, Professor of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University, and Director of the Center for Law and the Public's Health at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Univerities. He has contributed to U.S. government advisory boards in several areas of public health. Harold Hongju Koh is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, where he has taught since 1985. From 1998 to 2001, he served in the U.S. as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. He has been a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Guggenheim and Century Foundations.
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* Dedication * Foreword * Introduction * I. Conceptualizing Intellectual Disabilities: History and Terminology * 1: Peter Mittler: Meeting the Needs of People with Intellectual Disabilities: International Perspectives * 2: Ruth Luckasson: Terminology and Power * 3: Alison Rentlen: Definitions and Classifications in Cross-cultural Perspectives * 4: David L. Braddock and Susan L. Parish: Social Policy Toward Intellectual Disablilities in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries * II. The Human Rights Movement: International Norms and Standards * 5: Stanley S. Herr: From Wrongs to Rights: International Human Rights and Legal Protection * 6: Theresia Degener: Disability as a Subject of International Human Rights Law and Comparative Discrimination Law * 7: Robert Dinerstein: Human Rights Standards and Legal Reforms * 8: Michael Smull: Liberty, Due Process, and the Pursuit of Happiness * III. The Disability Rights Movement: Anti-discrimination Legislation * 9: Stanley S. Herr: The Potential of Disability Nondiscrimination Laws * 10: Dan Shnit: When Legislation Should Take Intellectual Disabilities into Account * 11: Robert Silverstein: Statutory Changes in Disability Policy: Types of Legislation, Policies, and Goals * IV. Equality and Difference: Social Policy Perspectives * 12: Marcia H. Rioux: On Second Thoughts: Constructing knowledge, Law, Disability, and Inequality * 13: Adrienne Asch, Lawrence O. Gostin, and Diann M. Johnson: Prevention of Disability: Is There a Conflict between Public health Prevention and Respect for Persons with Disabilities * 14: Peter David Blanck and Helen A. Schartz: Studying the Emerging Workforce * 15: John H. Noble, Jr.: The Economics of Equality: An Exploration of Country Differences * 16: Arie Rimmerman and Richard Crossman: Out-of-home Placement of Children with Intellectual Disabilities: the Need for a Family Support Policy * 17: Stanley S. Herr: Self Determination, Autonomy, and Alternatives for Guardianship * V. Future Goals and Aspirations * 18: Mitchell Levitz: Voices of Self-advocates * 19: Eric Rosenthal and Clarence J. Sundram: Recommendations for Developing Nations * 20: Ronald C. Slye: Recommendations for the United Nations and International NGOs * Conclusion
* Dedication * Foreword * Introduction * I. Conceptualizing Intellectual Disabilities: History and Terminology * 1: Peter Mittler: Meeting the Needs of People with Intellectual Disabilities: International Perspectives * 2: Ruth Luckasson: Terminology and Power * 3: Alison Rentlen: Definitions and Classifications in Cross-cultural Perspectives * 4: David L. Braddock and Susan L. Parish: Social Policy Toward Intellectual Disablilities in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries * II. The Human Rights Movement: International Norms and Standards * 5: Stanley S. Herr: From Wrongs to Rights: International Human Rights and Legal Protection * 6: Theresia Degener: Disability as a Subject of International Human Rights Law and Comparative Discrimination Law * 7: Robert Dinerstein: Human Rights Standards and Legal Reforms * 8: Michael Smull: Liberty, Due Process, and the Pursuit of Happiness * III. The Disability Rights Movement: Anti-discrimination Legislation * 9: Stanley S. Herr: The Potential of Disability Nondiscrimination Laws * 10: Dan Shnit: When Legislation Should Take Intellectual Disabilities into Account * 11: Robert Silverstein: Statutory Changes in Disability Policy: Types of Legislation, Policies, and Goals * IV. Equality and Difference: Social Policy Perspectives * 12: Marcia H. Rioux: On Second Thoughts: Constructing knowledge, Law, Disability, and Inequality * 13: Adrienne Asch, Lawrence O. Gostin, and Diann M. Johnson: Prevention of Disability: Is There a Conflict between Public health Prevention and Respect for Persons with Disabilities * 14: Peter David Blanck and Helen A. Schartz: Studying the Emerging Workforce * 15: John H. Noble, Jr.: The Economics of Equality: An Exploration of Country Differences * 16: Arie Rimmerman and Richard Crossman: Out-of-home Placement of Children with Intellectual Disabilities: the Need for a Family Support Policy * 17: Stanley S. Herr: Self Determination, Autonomy, and Alternatives for Guardianship * V. Future Goals and Aspirations * 18: Mitchell Levitz: Voices of Self-advocates * 19: Eric Rosenthal and Clarence J. Sundram: Recommendations for Developing Nations * 20: Ronald C. Slye: Recommendations for the United Nations and International NGOs * Conclusion
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