This book examines how intellectual disability is affected by stigma and how this stigma has developed. Around two per cent of the world's population have an intellectual disability but their low visibility in many places bears witness to their continuing exclusion from society. This prejudice has an impact on the family of those with an intellectual disability as well as the individual themselves and affects the well-being and life chances of all those involved. This book provides a framework for tackling intellectual disability stigma in institutional processes, media representations and other, less overt, settings. It also highlights the anti-stigma interventions which are already in place and the central role that self-advocacy must play.
Foreword; Patrick Corrigan .- PART I: THEORY AND CONCEPTS.- Chapter 1. Towards Understanding Intellectual Disability Stigma: Introduction; Katrina Scior.- Chapter 2. Measurement Methods to Assess Intellectual Disability Stigma; Shirli Werner.- PART II: THE CONSEQUENCES OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY STIGMA.- Chapter 3. How Stigma Affects the Lives of People with Intellectual Disabilities: An Overview; Nicole Ditchman, Kristin Kosyluk, Eun-Jeong Lee and Nev Jones.- Chapter 4. How Stigma Affects Us: The Voice of Self-Advocates; Dana Roth, Dorit Barak and Heli Peretz.- Chapter 5. Rarely Seen, Seldom Heard: People with Intellectual Disabilities in the Mass Media; Rebecca Renwick.- Chapter 6. Stigmatic Representation of Intellectual Disability and the Termination of Parental Custody Rights; Hanna Bj?rg Sigurj?nsd?ttir and James G. Rice.- Chapter 7. Self-Stigma in People with Intellectual Disabilities; Rory Sheehan and Afia Ali.- Chapter 8. Intellectual Disability, Stigma and Hate Crimes; Mark ShelC.
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