Disability and the law

This book analyses the impact of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on EU non-discrimination law and governance.

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.

In 1988, Sandi and Larry Zobrest sued a suburban Tucson, Arizona, school district that had denied their hearing-impaired son a taxpayer-funded interpreter in his Roman Catholic high school.

This book provides a ground-breaking discussion of the human right to make decisions in our own lives.

Beaudry shows how the social contract fails to take account of the moral status of people with severe intellectual disabilities.

In Working towards Equity, Dustin Galer argues that paid work significantly shaped the experience of disability during the late twentieth century.

The first textbook on international and European disability law and policy, analysing the interaction between different legal systems and sources.

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.

Explores family policies related to households of children with disabilities, providing an in-depth, evidence-based review of legal, programmatic issues.

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 treatise is a detailed article-by-article examination of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

In Working towards Equity, Dustin Galer argues that paid work significantly shaped the experience of disability during the late twentieth century.

An examination of US public policymaking and securing rights for people with disabilities.

This collection brings together leading international socio-legal and medico-legal scholars to explore the dilemma of how to support legal capacity in theory and practice.

This book discusses American and European policies surrounding deinstitutionalization and community living, including Articles 12 and 19 of the UNCRPD.

Increasing numbers of people with autism and other developmental disabilities are being convicted of sex offences, resulting in draconian and public punishment.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of how to attain equality in the area of disability discrimination.

This book offers an approach to care and support policy prioritizing gender equality, disability human rights and dignity for all.

Provides an international comparative study of the implementation of disability rights law and policy focused on the emerging principles of self-determination and personalisation.

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.

Disabled people have played a key role in reshaping EU governance, leveraging times of reform to enhance their societal and legislative standing.

This book explores how restrictive copyright laws deny access to information for the print disabled, despite equality laws protecting access.

Persons with disabilities report high levels of harassment worldwide, often based on intersectional characteristics such as race, gender and age.

Parental Learning Disability and Children's Needs explores how to effectively assess children in families where one or more parent has a learning disability.

This book contains a global comparative study of implementation and monitoring mechanisms for national disability strategies.

Quickly acquire the practical coverage and guidance you need to understand the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to children with disabilities.

With genetic technologies advancing rapidly, Aisling de Paor examines the urgent need for an EU-level framework to regulate genetic information.

This is the first collection to examine the legal dynamics of deinstitutionalisation.

Introduced in 2008, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has existed for nearly a decade.

Disabled people have played a key role in reshaping EU governance, leveraging times of reform to enhance their societal and legislative standing.

Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability covers the criteria for getting disability benefits for back problems, heart and cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, autoimmune diseases, mental issues like depression and anxiety, and 200 more medical conditions.

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.

This book argues that communities need better planning to be safely navigated by people with mobility impairment and to facilitate intergenerational aging in place.

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.

The protection of vulnerable adults is a fast emerging area of work for local authorities, the NHS and other agencies.

Everyone likes to make speculations about Scrounger.

Debbie Purdy doesn't want to die.

Working Ethics sets out an ethical foundation for professionals and for the professions in a modern, culturally complex society.