The Human Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Different but Equal [Paperback]

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 twenty original chapters, distinguished 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 choices and autonomy.

Dedication,Doug Colbert, Lawrence O. Gostin, and Harold H. Koh
Foreword,Mary Robinson
Introduction,Harold H. Koh , Lawrence O. Gostin
I. Conceptualizing Intellectual Disabilities: History and Terminology
1. Meeting the Needs of People with Intellectual Disabilities: International Perspectives,Peter Mittler
2. Terminology and Power,Ruth Luckasson
3. Definitions and Classifications in Cross-cultural Perspectives,Alison Rentlen
4. Social Policy Toward Intellectual Disablilities in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,David L. Braddock and Susan L. Parish
II. The Human Rights Movement: International Norms and Standards
5. From Wrongs to Rights: International Human Rights and Legal Protection,Stanley S. Herr
6. Disability as a Subject of International Human Rights Law and Comparative Discrimination Law,Theresia Degener
7. Human Rights Standards and Legal Reforms,Robert Dinerstein
8. Liberty, Due Process, and the Pursuit of Happiness,Michael Smull
III. The Disability Rights Movement: Anti-discrimination Legislation
9. The Potential of Disability Nondiscrimination Laws,Stanley S. Herr
10. When Legislation Should Take Intellectual Disabilitiel&