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Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series, From Rhetoric to Action: Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabiliti...
written by Eilionoir Flynn, 1986-, in Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 489 page(s)
This book contains a global comparative study of implementation and monitoring mechanisms for national disability strategies. It comprises a comparative study that was conducted at international, regional, and comparative country levels and that highlights critical success factors in implementing disability strate...
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written by Eilionoir Flynn, 1986-, in Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 489 page(s)
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This book contains a global comparative study of implementation and monitoring mechanisms for national disability strategies. It comprises a comparative study that was conducted at international, regional, and comparative country levels and that highlights critical success factors in implementing disability strategies or action plans worldwide. It explores emerging synergies between what is required to implement principles of international law co...
This book contains a global comparative study of implementation and monitoring mechanisms for national disability strategies. It comprises a comparative study that was conducted at international, regional, and comparative country levels and that highlights critical success factors in implementing disability strategies or action plans worldwide. It explores emerging synergies between what is required to implement principles of international law contained in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and what it is possible to achieve through national policy and systems development. A number of critical success factors for implementing and monitoring strategies are identified, including leadership from government and civil society, participation of disabled people in implementation and monitoring, transparency and accountability in reporting on progress, independent monitoring and external review, and the ability to measure progress with indicators of disability equality.
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Disability Studies
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Eilionoir Flynn, 1986-
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
Topic / Theme
Disabled persons, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol (2007 March 30), Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
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Copyright © 2011 National University of Ireland
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5: CAN TECHNOLOGY OVERCOME THE DISABLING CITY?
written by Brendan Gleeson, fl. 2005; in Mind and Body Spaces: Geographies of Illness, Impairment and Disability, Critical Geographies (London, England: Routledge (Publisher), 2005, originally published 1999), 110-129
Just as geographies of race, gender, class and sexuality have drawn attention to how complex power relations in society are spatialized, so geographies of illness and impairment offer a deeper understanding of the world. In recent years geographers have increasingly engaged with both the theoretical debates surrou...
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written by Brendan Gleeson, fl. 2005; in Mind and Body Spaces: Geographies of Illness, Impairment and Disability, Critical Geographies (London, England: Routledge (Publisher), 2005, originally published 1999), 110-129
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Just as geographies of race, gender, class and sexuality have drawn attention to how complex power relations in society are spatialized, so geographies of illness and impairment offer a deeper understanding of the world. In recent years geographers have increasingly engaged with both the theoretical debates surrounding ill or impaired bodies, and also the lived realities of ill/impaired experience. This text highlights international research (fro...
Just as geographies of race, gender, class and sexuality have drawn attention to how complex power relations in society are spatialized, so geographies of illness and impairment offer a deeper understanding of the world. In recent years geographers have increasingly engaged with both the theoretical debates surrounding ill or impaired bodies, and also the lived realities of ill/impaired experience. This text highlights international research (from Britain, USA, Canada, Australia) on bodily impairment, mental health and disabling social worlds. Its fusion of geographical analyses provide a commentary on a range of different spatial settings, including the nation, urban and rural spaces, work spaces, the caring institution, the street and the home, in which different minds and bodies are always located. The contributors discuss varied issues concerning physical impairment and mental health, ranging from historical conceptions of the body and behaviour to contemporary political activism.
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Disability Studies
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Chapter
Author / Creator
Brendan Gleeson, fl. 2005
Date Published / Released
1999, 2005
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Series
Critical Geographies
Person Discussed
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
Topic / Theme
Social activism and activists, Physical disabilities, Mental health, Technology, Economic conditions, Late 20th Century (1975–2000)
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Copyright © 1999 Hester Parr and RuthButler for selection and editorial matter. Individual contributors, their contributions.
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Disability and the Life Course: Global Perspectives
edited by Mark Priestley, fl. 2001 (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2001), 274 page(s)
This book explores the global experience of disability using a novel life course approach. It provides a unique combination of analysis, policy issues and autobiography, offering the reader a rare opportunity to make links among the theoretical, the political and the personal in a single volume. There are contribu...
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edited by Mark Priestley, fl. 2001 (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2001), 274 page(s)
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This book explores the global experience of disability using a novel life course approach. It provides a unique combination of analysis, policy issues and autobiography, offering the reader a rare opportunity to make links among the theoretical, the political and the personal in a single volume. There are contributions from thirteen different countries bringing together established and emerging writers, both disabled and nondisabled. The book bri...
This book explores the global experience of disability using a novel life course approach. It provides a unique combination of analysis, policy issues and autobiography, offering the reader a rare opportunity to make links among the theoretical, the political and the personal in a single volume. There are contributions from thirteen different countries bringing together established and emerging writers, both disabled and nondisabled. The book bridges some important gaps in the existing disability literature and offers a unique analysis of the relationship between disability and generation in a changing world.
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Disability Studies
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Mark Priestley, fl. 2001
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
Social movements, Disabled persons, Late 20th Century (1975–2000)
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Copyright © 2001 Cambridge University Press
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Disability Discrimination Act 1992
written by Australia. Parliament (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australia. Office of Parliamentary Counsel, 2013, originally published 1992), 89 page(s)
The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) was an act passed by the Parliament of Australia in 1992 to promote the rights of people with disabilities in certain areas such as housing, education and provision of goods and services.
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written by Australia. Parliament (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australia. Office of Parliamentary Counsel, 2013, originally published 1992), 89 page(s)
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The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) was an act passed by the Parliament of Australia in 1992 to promote the rights of people with disabilities in certain areas such as housing, education and provision of goods and services.
Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Law/Legislation
Author / Creator
Australia. Parliament
Date Published / Released
1992, 2013
Publisher
Australia. Office of Parliamentary Counsel
Topic / Theme
Education, Housing, Civil rights, Discrimination, Disabled persons, Disabilities, Early 21st Century United States (2001– ), Late 20th Century (1975–2000)
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ONE: Paradoxical lives: intellectual disability policy and practice in twentieth-century Australia
written by Lee-Ann Monk, fl. 2019; edited by Simon Jarrett, fl. 2012 and Jan Walmsley, fl. 1985; in Intellectual Disability In The Twentieth Century (Bristol, England: University of Bristol. Policy Press, 2019), 29-42
With contributions from distinguished authors in 14 countries across 5 continents, this book provides a unique transnational perspective on intellectual disability in the twentieth century. Each chapter outlines different policies and practices, and details real-life accounts from those living with intellectual di...
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written by Lee-Ann Monk, fl. 2019; edited by Simon Jarrett, fl. 2012 and Jan Walmsley, fl. 1985; in Intellectual Disability In The Twentieth Century (Bristol, England: University of Bristol. Policy Press, 2019), 29-42
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With contributions from distinguished authors in 14 countries across 5 continents, this book provides a unique transnational perspective on intellectual disability in the twentieth century. Each chapter outlines different policies and practices, and details real-life accounts from those living with intellectual disabilities to illustrate their impact of policies and practices on these people and their families.
Bringing together accounts of how...
With contributions from distinguished authors in 14 countries across 5 continents, this book provides a unique transnational perspective on intellectual disability in the twentieth century. Each chapter outlines different policies and practices, and details real-life accounts from those living with intellectual disabilities to illustrate their impact of policies and practices on these people and their families.
Bringing together accounts of how intellectual disability was viewed, managed and experienced in countries across the globe, the book examines the origins and nature of contemporary attitudes, policy and practice and sheds light on the challenges of implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCPRD).
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Disability Studies
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Chapter
Contributor
Simon Jarrett, fl. 2012, Jan Walmsley, fl. 1985
Author / Creator
Lee-Ann Monk, fl. 2019
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
University of Bristol. Policy Press
Topic / Theme
Social policy, Government policy, Intellectual disabilities, Eugenics, Post-war Era (1945–1960), The Sixties (1960–1974), Late 20th Century (1975–2000), The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), Depression & World War II (1929–1945)
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Copyright © 2019 Bristol University Press
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written by Rachel Carling-Jenkins, 1975-; in Disability and Social Movements: Learning from Australian Experiences, Interdisciplinary Disability Studies (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2014), [NA]-[xvi]
This book provides the reader with a ground-breaking understanding of disability and social movements. By describing how disability is philosophically, historically, and theoretically positioned, Carling-Jenkins is able to then examine disability relationally through an evaluation of the contributions of groups en...
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written by Rachel Carling-Jenkins, 1975-; in Disability and Social Movements: Learning from Australian Experiences, Interdisciplinary Disability Studies (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2014), [NA]-[xvi]
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This book provides the reader with a ground-breaking understanding of disability and social movements. By describing how disability is philosophically, historically, and theoretically positioned, Carling-Jenkins is able to then examine disability relationally through an evaluation of the contributions of groups engaged in similar human rights struggles. The book locates disability rights as a new social movement and provides an explanation for wh...
This book provides the reader with a ground-breaking understanding of disability and social movements. By describing how disability is philosophically, historically, and theoretically positioned, Carling-Jenkins is able to then examine disability relationally through an evaluation of the contributions of groups engaged in similar human rights struggles. The book locates disability rights as a new social movement and provides an explanation for why disability has been divided rather than united in Australia. Finally, it investigates whether the recent campaign to implement a national disability insurance scheme represents a re-emergence of the movement. It will be of interest to all scholars and students of both disability studies and social movements.
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Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Front/back matter
Author / Creator
Rachel Carling-Jenkins, 1975-
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Series
Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
Topic / Theme
Disability rights movement, Disabled persons, Late 20th Century (1975–2000), Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
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Copyright © 2014 Taylor & Francis Book Group
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Chapter 5: Structural and Cultural Rights in Australian Disability Employment Policy
written by Karen R. Fisher, fl. 2014, Randall Owen, fl. 2014 and Sarah Parker Harris, fl. 2014; in Disability, Human Rights and the Limits of Humanitarianism, Interdisciplinary Disability Studies (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2014), [83]-100
Disability studies scholars and activists have long criticized and critiqued so-termed ’charitable’ approaches to disability where the capitalization of individual disabled bodies to invoke pity are historically, socially, and politically circumscribed by paternalism. Disabled individuals have long advocated f...
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written by Karen R. Fisher, fl. 2014, Randall Owen, fl. 2014 and Sarah Parker Harris, fl. 2014; in Disability, Human Rights and the Limits of Humanitarianism, Interdisciplinary Disability Studies (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2014), [83]-100
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Disability studies scholars and activists have long criticized and critiqued so-termed ’charitable’ approaches to disability where the capitalization of individual disabled bodies to invoke pity are historically, socially, and politically circumscribed by paternalism. Disabled individuals have long advocated for civil and human rights in various locations throughout the globe, yet contemporary human rights discourses problematically co-opt di...
Disability studies scholars and activists have long criticized and critiqued so-termed ’charitable’ approaches to disability where the capitalization of individual disabled bodies to invoke pity are historically, socially, and politically circumscribed by paternalism. Disabled individuals have long advocated for civil and human rights in various locations throughout the globe, yet contemporary human rights discourses problematically co-opt disabled bodies as ’evidence’ of harms done under capitalism, war, and other forms of conflict, while humanitarian non-governmental organizations often use disabled bodies to generate resources for their humanitarian projects. It is the connection between civil rights and human rights, and this concomitant relationship between national and global, which foregrounds this groundbreaking book’s contention that disability studies productively challenge such human rights paradigms, which troublingly eschew disability rights in favor of exclusionary humanitarianism. It relocates disability from the margins to the center of academic and activist debates over the vexed relationship between human rights and humanitarianism. These considerations thus productively destabilize able-bodied assumptions that undergird definitions of personhood in civil rights and human rights by highlighting intersections between disability, race, gender ethnicity, and sexuality as a way to interrogate the possibilities (and limitations) of human rights as a politicized regime.
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Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Karen R. Fisher, fl. 2014, Randall Owen, fl. 2014, Sarah Parker Harris, fl. 2014
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Series
Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
Topic / Theme
Civil rights, Disabilities, Disabled persons, Humanitarian values, Human rights, Employment, Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
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Copyright © 2014 Taylor & Francis Book Group
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Chapter 11: Learning Disabilities in Australia
written by John Elkins, fl. 2001; in Research and Global Perspectives in Learning Disabilities: Essays in Honor of William M. Cruikshank, LEA Series on Special Education and Disability (Abingdon, England: Routledge (Publisher), 2014, originally published 2001), 181-[196]
This volume honors the founder of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities (IARLD), William M. Cruickshank, and his many accomplishments. His influence on special education in general, and learning disabilities in specific, is evident throughout the world. Consistent with his international a...
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written by John Elkins, fl. 2001; in Research and Global Perspectives in Learning Disabilities: Essays in Honor of William M. Cruikshank, LEA Series on Special Education and Disability (Abingdon, England: Routledge (Publisher), 2014, originally published 2001), 181-[196]
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This volume honors the founder of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities (IARLD), William M. Cruickshank, and his many accomplishments. His influence on special education in general, and learning disabilities in specific, is evident throughout the world. Consistent with his international activities, the contributors to this book represent nine different countries. The chapters reflect a range of perspectives on "the state...
This volume honors the founder of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities (IARLD), William M. Cruickshank, and his many accomplishments. His influence on special education in general, and learning disabilities in specific, is evident throughout the world. Consistent with his international activities, the contributors to this book represent nine different countries. The chapters reflect a range of perspectives on "the state of the art" in learning disabilities, documenting both commonalities and differences across countries. Taken together, the chapters provide a comprehensive and informative picture of learning disabilities.
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Disability Studies
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Chapter
Author / Creator
John Elkins, fl. 2001
Date Published / Released
2001, 2014
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Series
LEA Series on Special Education and Disability
Topic / Theme
Special education, Children, Disabled persons, Intellectual disabilities, Early 21st Century United States (2001– ), Post-war Era (1945–1960), The Sixties (1960–1974), Late 20th Century (1975–2000)
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Copyright © 2001 Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
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The Legal Rights of Students with Disabilities: International Perspectives
edited by Charles J. Russo, fl. 2008 (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011, originally published 2011), 266 page(s)
Since 1948 when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all students have been declared the right to education. The rights of disabled students have not been explicitly addressed, however, and each country has developed their own rules and regulations. Although similarities exist amon...
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edited by Charles J. Russo, fl. 2008 (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011, originally published 2011), 266 page(s)
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Since 1948 when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all students have been declared the right to education. The rights of disabled students have not been explicitly addressed, however, and each country has developed their own rules and regulations. Although similarities exist among the different countries, differences are evident, especially in both the extent and acknowledgment of these rights. The Legal Rights...
Since 1948 when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all students have been declared the right to education. The rights of disabled students have not been explicitly addressed, however, and each country has developed their own rules and regulations. Although similarities exist among the different countries, differences are evident, especially in both the extent and acknowledgment of these rights. The Legal Rights of Students with Disabilities: International Perspectives examines the rights of disabled students in ten diverse countries on six continents. Written by leading experts in education law, this volume provides comparative insights to help meet the educational needs of disabled students. The book also offers strategies to manage the legal and educational complexities associated with special education.
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Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Charles J. Russo, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Topic / Theme
Disabled persons, Civil rights, Special education, Students, Education, Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 by Rowman & Littlefield
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No Limits, Season 7, Leadership Plus Interviews
produced by Disability Media Australia and Grit Media, in No Limits, Season 7 (Melbourne, Victoria: Disability Media Australia, 2007), 32 mins
This 2007 episode of No Limits, produced by Disability Media Australia, is an interview with the founders and members of Leadership Plus, a leadership organization for people with disabilities.
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produced by Disability Media Australia and Grit Media, in No Limits, Season 7 (Melbourne, Victoria: Disability Media Australia, 2007), 32 mins
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This 2007 episode of No Limits, produced by Disability Media Australia, is an interview with the founders and members of Leadership Plus, a leadership organization for people with disabilities.
Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Disability Media Australia, Grit Media
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Disability Media Australia
Series
No Limits
Topic / Theme
Disabilities, Mentoring, Leadership roles, Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 by Grit Media. Used with permission from Disability Media Australia.
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