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Sterilization of Those with Intellectual Disability: Evolution from Non-Consensual Interventions to Strict Safeguards
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Rowlands, Sam; Amy, Jean-Jacques – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Non-consensual sterilization is one of the characteristic historical abuses that took place mainly in the first half of the 20th century. People with intellectual disability (ID) were a prime target as part of the ideology of negative eugenics. In certain jurisdictions, laws were in force for several decades that permitted sterilization without…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Contraception, Civil Rights, Informed Consent
Beyond the Far Too Incessant Schism: Special Education and the Social Model of Disability
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Gallagher, Deborah J.; Connor, David J.; Ferri, Beth A. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2014
Special education critics' vigorous appraisals of the social model of disability, along with their analysis of its implications for special education, provide a valuable forum for meaningful dialogue about how educators are to understand the nature of disability. In this article, we offer our response to their recent articles. As advocates of the…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Social Attitudes, Social Bias
What Do Women with Learning Disabilities Say about Their Experiences of Domestic Abuse within the Context of Their Intimate Partner Relationships?
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Walter-Brice, Alison; Cox, Rachel; Priest, Helena; Thompson, Fiona – Disability & Society, 2012
In 2001 the UK Government launched its strategy "Valuing People". The strategy, underpinned by the Human Rights Act 1998 (Ministry of Justice 1998), the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Home Office 1995) and social inclusion claimed to outline ways for services to work, to meet the needs of individuals with learning disabilities . In…
Descriptors: Females, Disability Discrimination, Mental Retardation, Family Violence
Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities in Canada and the UK: The Impact of Its Disability Employment Laws
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Gerber, Paul J.; Batalo, Cecilia G.; Achola, Edwin O. – Dyslexia, 2012
The impact of employment laws pertaining to individuals with learning disabilities in Canada and dyslexia in the UK were investigated via the extant research literature. Currently, there is very little research in this area despite Canada and the UK having laws in effect for decades. Surprisingly, their laws have been revamped despite an absence…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Dyslexia, Foreign Countries
Compliance Is Not Enough
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Fullick, Leisha – Adults Learning, 2008
Despite the introduction of the Disability Discrimination Acts in 1995, 2002 and 2005, and subsequent initiatives and support for disabled learners in lifelong learning, little political or managerial attention has focused on disabled staff working, or with the potential to work, in the sector. This was why NIACE established the independent…
Descriptors: Disability Discrimination, Lifelong Learning, Public Policy, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Social and Educational Justice: The Human Rights Framework for Inclusion.
Rustemier, Sharon – 2002
This report calls for the phased closure of separate, special schools in the United Kingdom as a main task in developing inclusive education. It argues that the central problem in the development of inclusive education in the United Kingdom is the continuing philosophical, financial and legislative support of segregated schooling. The report…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Advocacy, Civil Rights, Disabilities