The Human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities: different but equal

Abstract

Dedication Foreword Introduction I. CONCEPTUALIZING INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: HISTORY AND TERMINOLOGY 1. Meeting the Needs of People with Intellectual Disabilities: International Perspectives 2. Terminology and Power 3. Definitions and Classifications in Cross-cultural Perspectives 4. Social Policy Toward Intellectual Disablilities in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries II. THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT: INTERNATIONAL NORMS AND STANDARDS 5. From Wrongs to Rights: International Human Rights and Legal Protection 6. Disability as a Subject of International Human Rights Law and Comparative Discrimination Law 7. Human Rights Standards and Legal Reforms 8. Liberty, Due Process, and the Pursuit of Happiness III. THE DISABILITY RIGHTS MOVEMENT: ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION 9. The Potential of Disability Nondiscrimination Laws 10. When Legislation Should Take Intellectual Disabilities into Account 11. Statutory Changes in Disability Policy: Types of Legislation, Policies, and Goals IV. EQUALITY AND DIFFERENCE: SOCIAL POLICY PERSPECTIVES 12. On Second Thoughts: Constructing knowledge, Law, Disability, and Inequality 13. Prevention of Disability: Is There a Conflict between Public health Prevention and Respect for Persons with Disabilities 14. Studying the Emerging Workforce 15. The Economics of Equality: An Exploration of Country Differences 16. Out-of-home Placement of Children with Intellectual Disabilities: the Need for a Family Support Policy 17. Self Determination, Autonomy, and Alternatives for Guardianship V. FUTURE GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS 18. Voices of Self-advocates 19. Recommendations for Developing Nations 20. Recommendations for the United Nations and International NGOs Conclusion

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