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.

Subject terms:
human rights, physical disabilities, stereotyped attitudes, United Nations, attitudes, children, children in need, childrens rights;
Location(s):
Peru

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