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Impact of social advocacy on updating incapacity determination procedures for people with intellectual disabilities in Poland
- Authors:
- FIRKOWSKA-MANKIEWICZ Anna, SZEROCZYNSKA Malgorzata
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 6(3), September 2009, pp.219-228.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The authors discuss the antecedents to recent changes in Poland's guardianship laws. These include a review of: (1) historical procedures in place for adjudicating incapacity; (2) research carried out in 2000 on the initiative of the Polish Association for Persons with Mental Handicap (PAPMH) on judicial practices in Polish courts with respect to adjudicating persons with intellectual disabilities (ID) as legally incapable; and (3) a successful lobbying campaign conducted by the PAPMH to institute changes in the law to improve the rights of people with intellectual disabilities.