Active citizenship and disability : implementing the personalisation of support / / Andrew Power, Janet E. Lord, Allison S. DeFranco.
"This book provides an international comparative study of the implementation of disability rights law and policy focused on the emerging principles of self-determination and personalisation. It explores how these principles have been enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of P...
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge disability, law and policy series
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| Physical Description: | xx, 503 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Part I. Towards Active Citizenship for People with Disabilities: 1. Introduction; 2. Supports to persons with disabilities in the context of international and regional disability law and policy; 3. Towards an enabling state & revitalising disability support; Part II. Learning from Comparative Perspectives: 4. Active citizenship and disability in the United States; 5. Active citizenship & disability in Canada (British Columbia and Ontario); 6. Active citizenship and disability in the UK (England and Northern Ireland); 7. Active citizenship and disability in Sweden; 8. Active citizenship and disability in France; Part III. The Development of Reform in the Disability Support Sector in Ireland: 9. Tracing the origins of disability support in Ireland; 10. Towards active citizenship and disability in Ireland; Part IV. The Journey Ahead for Independent Living: 11. Options and alternatives for a new support delivery framework that encourages independence; 12. Conclusion.