Human Rights and Disability Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Contributors......Page 11
2 The challenge continues......Page 16
3 The promise and limitations of a human rights approach......Page 17
4 An interdisciplinary approach to understanding the promises and challenges of a human rights approach to disability......Page 19
6 References......Page 21
PART I Human rights and disability: Different voices......Page 22
1 Introduction......Page 24
2 The gap between bioethics and the disability rights community: Concepts, biases, and fears......Page 25
3 On the possibility of overcoming the divide: Autonomy and personhood......Page 30
5 References......Page 34
2 Theology and disability: Difficult past......Page 36
3 Theological efforts at rethinking disability: Three examples......Page 39
4 Theology and disability in relation to human rights and theories of justice......Page 43
6 References......Page 49
PART II Human development and inclusion......Page 52
2 The capabilities approach to justice......Page 54
3 Human rights......Page 56
4 Equality......Page 58
5 Dignity......Page 60
6 Autonomy......Page 62
8 References......Page 63
1 Historical context and rationale for a rights agenda......Page 65
2 The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities......Page 69
3 Making the paradigm shift......Page 71
4 Rights education......Page 75
5 Relationships and rights......Page 77
7 References......Page 80
2 Inclusion: A human right......Page 83
3 Inclusion as an area of responsibility in society as a whole......Page 85
5 References......Page 87
1 Introduction......Page 89
2 Preliminary remarks......Page 90
3 Current difficulties......Page 92
4 Promising approaches......Page 98
5 Conclusion and final remarks......Page 103
6 References......Page 104
PART III Justice and legal protection......Page 108
1 Introduction......Page 110
2 Moral and legal rights......Page 112
3 Signification and ratification......Page 114
4 Promotion and protection......Page 115
5 Liberties and claim rights......Page 116
6 Justifiable restrictions......Page 118
7 What rights claims can do......Page 122
8 What disability rights cannot do......Page 123
9 Conclusion......Page 124
10 References......Page 125
1 Introduction......Page 126
2 The “human rights approach” and the CRPD......Page 128
3 Ideological obstacles to fulfilling the promise of the CRPD......Page 131
4 Transforming aspiration into accountable action......Page 140
5 References......Page 143
1 Introduction......Page 147
2 Humanity as a basis for rights ascription......Page 148
3 Collective agreement as a basis for rights justification......Page 152
4 Health care rights in a civil rights frame......Page 154
5 Group-differentiated rights and the problem of clashing models of disabilities......Page 155
6 Disability as a medical problem......Page 156
7 Disability as a social problem......Page 158
8 Disability identity: Healthy versus ill?......Page 160
9 Regarding robustness......Page 162
10 Disability rights as civil rights......Page 163
11 Conclusion......Page 165
12 References......Page 166
1 Central definitions......Page 169
2 Environmental disability......Page 172
3 Disability and stigma......Page 174
4 Eliminating negative liberty and enhancing positive liberty......Page 182
6 Conclusion......Page 183
7 References......Page 184
12 Afterword......Page 186
Bibliography......Page 190
Index......Page 192