Human Rights and Disability interdisciplinary perspectives
The formerly established medically-based idea of disability, with its charity-based approach to treatment and services, is being replaced by a human rights-based approach in which people with impairments are no longer considered medical problems, totally dependent on the beneficence of non-impaired...
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY
Routledge
2017
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Add Tag | Summary: | The formerly established medically-based idea of disability, with its charity-based approach to treatment and services, is being replaced by a human rights-based approach in which people with impairments are no longer considered medical problems, totally dependent on the beneficence of non-impaired people in society, but have fundamental rights to support, inclusion, and participation. This interdisciplinary book examines the diverse concerns that people with impairments face in the context of human rights, provides insights into new developments on important issues relating human rights to disability, and features new approaches and solutions to vital problems in the current debate |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 182 pages 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176) and index |
| ISBN: | 9781472448231 |
Disability rights 
From rhetoric to action implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities