Increasing numbers of people with autism and other developmental disabilities are being convicted of sex offences, resulting in draconian and public punishment.
Hilfen für Menschen mit BehinderungViele denken im Zusammenhang mit einer Behinderung oder Schwerbehinderung an einen Rollstuhlfahrer, einen blinden oder krebskranken Menschen oder andere Personen mit sichtbaren oder angeborenen Beeinträchtigungen.
Questions as to the mental capacity of an individual to consent to sex are an increasingly important aspect of legal scholarship and professional practice for those working in care.
Child Protection and Parents with a Learning Disability provides the practical knowledge that professionals need in order to understand common intellectual disabilities and how they might affect parenting capability.
A guide to real-world applications of The 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act Standards for Accessible Design Applying the ADA helps architects and developers understand better how the rules for eliminating barriers in the built environment apply to everyday life and how to best implement them in the design and construction of a broad variety of buildings and facilities.
Child Protection and Parents with a Learning Disability provides the practical knowledge that professionals need in order to understand common intellectual disabilities and how they might affect parenting capability.
Every day, large numbers of altruistic individuals, in the absence of any legal duty, provide substantial and essential services for elderly and disabled people.
This book argues that communities need better planning to be safely navigated by people with mobility impairment and to facilitate intergenerational aging in place.
Provides an international comparative study of the implementation of disability rights law and policy focused on the emerging principles of self-determination and personalisation.
Hilfen für Menschen mit BehinderungViele denken im Zusammenhang mit einer Behinderung oder Schwerbehinderung an einen Rollstuhlfahrer, einen blinden oder krebskranken Menschen oder andere Personen mit sichtbaren oder angeborenen Beeinträchtigungen.
In Twenty-Two Cents an Hour, Doug Crandell uncovers the harsh reality of people with disabilities in the United States who are forced to work in unethical conditions for subminimum wages with little or no opportunity to advocate for themselves, while wealthy CEOs grow even wealthier as a direct result.
This is a comprehensive comparative legal, practical and theoretical analysis of workplace inequalities experienced by workers with psychosocial disabilities.
The Legal Aid Society's mission is to advance, defend, and enforce the legal rights of low-income and otherwise vulnerable people in order to secure for them the basic necessities of life.
Increasing numbers of people with autism and other developmental disabilities are being convicted of sex offences, resulting in draconian and public punishment.
Now in its completely updated second edition, this accessible guide provides essential information about how the law can be used to promote good practice and policy development for disabled children and young people.
The concept of reasonable adjustment (alternatively known as reasonable accommodation) is rapidly gaining significance for countries throughout Europe and beyond.
This straightforward book explains the introduction of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) and its code of practice (COP) as part of the Children and Families Act 2014 and the accompanying SEND COP in England.
Nach seinem ersten Werk über betriebliche Inklusion bietet Paco D'Acquarica mit "Gemeinsam wachsen: Wie Inklusion von Menschen mit Behinderung am Ausbildungs- und Arbeitsplatz gelingt" eine weitere umfassende und praxisnahe Beratung für Unternehmen und Fachpersonal auf dem Weg zur Vielfalt.
This book argues that communities need better planning to be safely navigated by people with mobility impairment and to facilitate intergenerational aging in place.
This short guide cuts through the confusing mass of legislation to provide a concise and jargon-free explanation of current community care practice and the law.
Provides an international comparative study of the implementation of disability rights law and policy focused on the emerging principles of self-determination and personalisation.
In July 1939, at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, fifty-nine-year-old Beatrice Alexander was found incapable of managing her own property and affairs.
Disability, Human Rights, and Information Technology addresses the global issue of equal access to information and communications technology (ICT) by persons with disabilities.
Questions as to the mental capacity of an individual to consent to sex are an increasingly important aspect of legal scholarship and professional practice for those working in care.
This volume offers a rare mix of interpretive chapters and primary sources that will be of value to anyone interested in learning about important disability-related issues and exploring the perspectives of disabled people.
Sixteen fractures and eight surgeries caused by brittle bone disease could not stop Ummul Kher from cracking the prestigious IAS exam and joining the civil services.
Written by two nationally recognized experts, this book provides a comprehensive review of the legal and clinical aspects of the death penalty as it relates to intellectual disability.
Explores family policies related to households of children with disabilities, providing an in-depth, evidence-based review of legal, programmatic issues.
