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Human rights - disability - children: towards international instruments for disability rights: the special case of disabled children: proceedings of the conference: 8-9 November 2004, Council of Europe, Strasbourg
- Author:
- COUNCIL OF EUROPE
- Publisher:
- Council of Europe
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 258p.
- Place of publication:
- Strasbourg
Too many people with disabilities, particularly children, continue to experience isolation, stigma and social exclusion because they live in specialised institutions. The Conference "Human Rights- Disability-Children: towards international instrument for disability rights - the special case of disabled children", organised by the Council o1 Europe in Strasbourg (8-9 November 2004) under its Norwegian Chairmanship, reviewed current Council of Europe instruments to promote and protect the rights of people with disabilities. It focused in particular on the right of children with disabilities to grow up within a family and in a community context. The event, attended by more than 100 participants from 34 Council of Europe member and observer states, clearly showed that strengthening the rights of children with disabilities within a non-discriminatory framework "from patient to citizen" is a pan-European issue. The concrete follow-up of the conference is provided by a multidisciplinary ad hoc group of experts who, in the framework of the forthcoming Council of Europe Action Plan to promote the rights and full participation of people with disabilities in society: improving the quality of life of people with disabilities in Europe (2006 2015), will draw up recommendations and guidelines for the deinstitutionalisation of children with disabilities, promote the policy of community living and support families to care for their disabled children at home.
Right to education denied?
- Author:
- WARD Adrain D.
- Journal article citation:
- SCOLAG Journal, June 2004, p.97, 102.
- Publisher:
- ScoLAG(Scottish Legal Action Group)
Looks at the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 and argues that it has undermined the educational rights of children with additional support needs.
Whose life is it anyway?
- Author:
- DOWSON Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.07.03, 2003, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
There is apparently little concern about the possible impact of the new genetic sciences on the shape of humankind. The public may have qualms about some developments, such as human cloning, but the prospect of using the new knowledge to eradicate inherited illness and impairment is apparently welcomed without qualification. Some disability organisations, however, are expressing deep concern about where the science is leading us. Those people who most loudly defend the rights of disabled people are likely to base their position on a broader framework of human rights - a framework that will make them equally vehement in support of "a woman's right to choose".
Knowledge, tasks and strategies for teaching about persons with disabilities: implications for social work education
- Author:
- PARDECK T. John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 1(2), 2002, pp.53-72.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Persons with disabilities are seen as distinct and insular minority group within the United States. Given the fact that social workers offer critical social services to this group, it is important for social work programmes to offer meaningful curriculum content on persons with disabilities. This article presents key issues that social work educators should find useful for teaching about persons with disabilities. Specifically, a discussion is offered on the disability civil rights movement, the culture of disability, models for defining disability, knowledge areas on disability issues, teaching masks and strategies for focusing on persons with disabilities.
Prenatal testing and disability rights
- Editors:
- PARENS Erik, ASCH Adrienne
- Publisher:
- Georgetown University Press
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 387p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Washington, DC
As prenatal tests proliferate, the medical and broader communities perceive that such testing is a logical extension of good prenatal care. However, prenatal tests have been critised by the disability rights community as they are used primarily to decide to abort a fetus that would have been born with a disability. Arguably, such tests reinforce discrimination against and misconceptions about people with disabilities. This collection of papers by health care professionals, academics and members of the disability community debate the implications of prenatal testing for disabled people and for parent child relationships generally.
The law, rights and disability
- Editor:
- COOPER Jeremy
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 317p.,bibliog.s
- Place of publication:
- London
Includes chapters on: working in partnership with disabled people; changing attitudes to the rights of people; improving the civil rights of people with disabilities through international law; improving the civil rights of people with disabilities through domestic law; the legal regulation of the powers and duties of local authorities with regard to disabled people; the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; disability, housing and homelessness; disability and mental health law; disabled children; and messages from disability research for law, policy and practice.
A matter of social context: the sexual abuse of children with disabilities
- Author:
- BERGLUND Anna-Klara
- Publisher:
- Save the Children Sweden
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- Stockholm
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child secures protection from sexual abuse and exploitation (Article 34). However. research carried out in Europe and North America indicates that disabled children are at higher risk of sexual abuse than non-disabled children
The rights of children with disabilities: how is progress monitored?; a review of national and NGO reports to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Author:
- ANDERSSON-BROLIN Lillemor
- Publisher:
- Save the Children Sweden
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- Stockholm
The Convention on the Rights of the Child makes special mention of disabled children in Article 23, however, it is important to remember that every article in the Convention which refers to 'the child' applies also to the disabled child. Article 23 is open to ambivalent interpretation, because it refers to concepts such as 'special care', and 'special needs' without defining them. The priority needs of disabled children are not special, they are basic; disabled children need food, shelter, love and affection, protection, education.
The rights of disabled children and young people
- Author:
- HORNA Patricia
- Publisher:
- Save the Children Sweden
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- Stockholm
This paper is about the rights of children and young people with disabilities. It sets out both to discuss the subject of disability from a Child Rights angle and to develop some basic guidelines for tackling this issue in a practical way. The paper aims to shape people’s thinking on everyday attitudes to disabled children and young people. It looks at various ideas about disability and the prejudices and stereotypes in which they are rooted. The rights of disabled children and young people are examined from a universal standpoint.
Human rights and disability: the current use and future potential of United Nations human rights instruments in the context of disability
- Authors:
- QUINN Gerard, et al
- Publisher:
- United Nations
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 184p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- New York
This study looks at the current use and future potential of the United Nations human rights instruments in the specific field of disability. The world has seen a shift in perspective over the past two decades, from viewing people with disabilities as problems, towards viewing them as holders of rights. The study analyses this development in three parts. The first part covers the nature of the shift to the human rights framework of reference in the context of disability. The second part is an evaluation of the current use of the United Nations human rights instruments, providing a detailed analysis of the actual and potential relevance of each of the human rights treaties in the context of disability. The final part outlines options for the future. It contains the author’s analysis of a detailed questionnaire sent to disability NGOs around the work and sets out a range of observations, comments and recommendations designed to enhance the future use of the United Nations human rights system in the context of disability.