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Book Synopsis The Legal Rights of Citizens with Mental Retardation by : Lawrence A. Kane
Download or read book The Legal Rights of Citizens with Mental Retardation written by Lawrence A. Kane and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the formal presentation of the issues discussed at the Second National Conference on the Legal Rights of Citizens with Mental Retardation. A relationship between the community and its citizens with mental retardation is discussed extensively in the first section of the book. Other sections of the book are devoted to key litigation and legislation for the rights of citizens with mental retardation, law as it pertains to newborns with severe handicaps, advances in education and rehabilitation, and future strategies for advocacy. A few of the noted contributors include Carl R. Halpern, Dean of the CUNY Law School, Professor Robert A. Burt of Yale University, and Professor Robert H. Mnookin of Stanford University. This book is designed as a basic reference for advocates and others concerned with the mentally retarded.
Book Synopsis Citizens with Mental Retardation by : United States. President's Committee on Mental Retardation
Download or read book Citizens with Mental Retardation written by United States. President's Committee on Mental Retardation and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Rights of People with Mental Disabilities by : Robert Morris Levy
Download or read book The Rights of People with Mental Disabilities written by Robert Morris Levy and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This book...is both timely and important, Great strides have been made in the understanding of mental illness, in the effectiveness of treatments, and in the improvement of living conditions for those who suffer. But much still needs to be done. People with mental disabilities continue to experience discrimination and stigma and are not able to enjoy the full fruits of American life. The Rights of People with Mental Disabilities reviews the issues and contemplates the areas in which all consumers, mental health professionals, and advocates can continue to make improvements. I Commend the authors for their work.' Rosalynn Carter
Author :United States. President's Committee on Mental Retardation. Legal Rights Work Group Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :74 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Compendium of Law Suits Establishing the Legal Rights of Mentally Retarded Citizens by : United States. President's Committee on Mental Retardation. Legal Rights Work Group
Download or read book Compendium of Law Suits Establishing the Legal Rights of Mentally Retarded Citizens written by United States. President's Committee on Mental Retardation. Legal Rights Work Group and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mental Retardation and the Law written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Equal Treatment for People with Mental Retardation by : Martha A. Field
Download or read book Equal Treatment for People with Mental Retardation written by Martha A. Field and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging in sex, becoming parents, raising children: these are among the most personal decisions we make, and for people with mental retardation, these decisions are consistently challenged, regulated, and outlawed. This book is a comprehensive study of the American legal doctrines and social policies, past and present, that have governed procreation and parenting by persons with mental retardation. It argues persuasively that people with retardation should have legal authority to make their own decisions. Despite the progress of the normalization movement, which has moved so many people with mental retardation into the mainstream since the 1960s, negative myths about reproduction and child rearing among this population persist. Martha Field and Valerie Sanchez trace these prejudices to the eugenics movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They show how misperceptions have led to inconsistent and discriminatory outcomes when third parties seek to make birth control or parenting decisions for people with mental retardation. They also explore the effect of these decisions on those they purport to protect. Detailed, thorough, and just, their book is a sustained argument for reform of the legal practices and social policies it describes.
Book Synopsis Mental Disorder, Work Disability, and the Law by : Richard J. Bonnie
Download or read book Mental Disorder, Work Disability, and the Law written by Richard J. Bonnie and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A barrage of "handbooks" and "resource manuals" aimed at employers and legal practitioners on the employment rights of people with disabilities has begun to appear. Until now, however, there has been no serious book-length scholarly treatment of how mental disorder can affect work, how work can affect mental disorder, and the role of law in addressing employment discrimination based on mental rather than physical disability. In Mental Disorder, Work Disability and the Law, the editors bring together original work by leading scholars who have studied mental disorder and work disability from the fields of sociology, psychology, psychiatry, law, and economics. The authors' contributions build upon one another to create the first integrated account of the important policy issues at stake when law deals with the rights of mentally disordered citizens to work when they are able to, and to receive benefits when they are not. This book will be of great value to scholars in law and the mental health professions and to policy makers and the administrators of disability programs.
Book Synopsis From Privileges to Rights by : Rae E. Unzicker
Download or read book From Privileges to Rights written by Rae E. Unzicker and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the testimony of people with psychiatric disabilities (PD). These recommendations emphasize the principle that people with PD have the right to expect that they will be treated according to the principles of law that apply to all other citizens. All laws & policies that restrict the rights of people with PD simply because of their disabilities are inharmonious with basic principles of law & justice, as well as with such civil rights laws as the ADA. Chapters: when helping hurts; creating new lives: independent housing, economic supports, meaningful work; patients' rights: parity, alternatives, inclusion; criminal justice; & a zillion forms & still no civil rights.
Book Synopsis International Human Rights and Mental Disability Law by : Michael L. Perlin
Download or read book International Human Rights and Mental Disability Law written by Michael L. Perlin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society is largely blind-often willfully blind-to the ongoing violations of international human rights law when it comes to the treatment of persons with mental disabilities. Despite a robust set of international law principles, standards and doctrines, and the recent ratification of the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, people with mental disabilities continue to live in some of the harshest conditions that exist in any society. These conditions are the product of neglect, lack of legal protection against improper and abusive treatment, and social attitudes that demean, trivialize and ignore the humanity of persons with disabilities. International Human Rights and Mental Disability Law: When the Silenced are Heard draws attention to these issues in order to shed light on deplorable conditions that governments continue to ignore, and to invigorate the debate on a social policy issue that remains a low priority for most of the world's nations. Examining the mistreatment of persons with mental disabilities around the world, Michael Perlin identifies universal factors that contaminate mental disability law, including lack of comprehensive legislation and of independent counsel; inadequate care; poor or nonexistent community programming; and inhumane forensic systems. Using examples from Western and Eastern Europe, South America, Africa and Asia, Perlin examines and summarizes the growing field of international mental health law, arguing that governmental inaction demeans human dignity, denies personal autonomy, and disregards the most authoritative and comprehensive prescription of human rights obligations. As Perlin argues, these issues pertain to all citizens of the world who value human rights and who care about how we treat those of us who may be most vulnerable. International Human Rights and Mental Disability Law is an indispensable resource for scholars, policymakers, governmental officials, and mental health professionals who care about the treatment of those with disabilities, and to human rights advocates and activists worldwide.
Book Synopsis Report to the President by : United States. President's Committee on Mental Retardation
Download or read book Report to the President written by United States. President's Committee on Mental Retardation and published by . This book was released on with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Human Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities by : Stanley S. Herr
Download or read book The Human Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities written by Stanley S. Herr and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inequality: Marcia H. Rioux
Author :National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Publisher :National Academies Press ISBN 13 :0309439124 Total Pages :171 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (94 download)
Book Synopsis Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Download or read book Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-09-03 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. These disorders are among the most highly stigmatized health conditions in the United States, and they remain barriers to full participation in society in areas as basic as education, housing, and employment. Improving the lives of people with mental health and substance abuse disorders has been a priority in the United States for more than 50 years. The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 is considered a major turning point in America's efforts to improve behavioral healthcare. It ushered in an era of optimism and hope and laid the groundwork for the consumer movement and new models of recovery. The consumer movement gave voice to people with mental and substance use disorders and brought their perspectives and experience into national discussions about mental health. However over the same 50-year period, positive change in American public attitudes and beliefs about mental and substance use disorders has lagged behind these advances. Stigma is a complex social phenomenon based on a relationship between an attribute and a stereotype that assigns undesirable labels, qualities, and behaviors to a person with that attribute. Labeled individuals are then socially devalued, which leads to inequality and discrimination. This report contributes to national efforts to understand and change attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that can lead to stigma and discrimination. Changing stigma in a lasting way will require coordinated efforts, which are based on the best possible evidence, supported at the national level with multiyear funding, and planned and implemented by an effective coalition of representative stakeholders. Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The Evidence for Stigma Change explores stigma and discrimination faced by individuals with mental or substance use disorders and recommends effective strategies for reducing stigma and encouraging people to seek treatment and other supportive services. It offers a set of conclusions and recommendations about successful stigma change strategies and the research needed to inform and evaluate these efforts in the United States.
Download or read book Unequal Rights written by Susan Stefan and published by Amer Psychological Assn. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Individuals with mental disabilities can be divided into two groups, each with its own experience of discrimination. Those who are part of mainstream America - successful actors, politicians, lawyers, and writers - report that other people minimize or refuse to believe their struggles and symptoms. Those who are publicly identified as "mentally ill" by being institutionalized or on public disability benefits report that they are considered totally incapable of any kind of achievement. In Unequal Rights, Susan Stefan takes a close look at how the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) addresses - or fails to address - these two worlds of discrimination. She examines hundreds of ADA cases in a variety of areas, from private insurance and professional discipline to disability benefits and institutionalization. The common thread underlying discrimination is the failure to recognize that mental disabilities involve a continuing struggle that can - and often does - coexist with achievement and success. Rich in descriptions of court cases and disability law, Unequal Rights also features compelling personal testimony from people with mental disabilities on the impact of discrimination on their lives. This bold and challenging book is an ideal resource for lawyers, people with mental disabilities, therapists, and anyone who seeks to understand the full impact of disability law."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Book Synopsis From Privileges to Rights by : National Council on Disability (U.S.)
Download or read book From Privileges to Rights written by National Council on Disability (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Mentally Retarded Citizen and the Law by : Michael Kindred
Download or read book The Mentally Retarded Citizen and the Law written by Michael Kindred and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mental Illness, Discrimination and the Law by : Felicity Callard
Download or read book Mental Illness, Discrimination and the Law written by Felicity Callard and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-03-30 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes clearly how legislation can be used to advance the rights and entitlements of people with mental health problems. Straightforward and practical, it provides useful information on how to address disabilities so these people may enjoy full citizenship. It presents the key issues succinctly and illustrates these with legislative examples from around the world. This book documents the role that law can play, at all levels, in combating such discrimination and abuse.
Book Synopsis Mental Retardation by : Susan C. Hayes
Download or read book Mental Retardation written by Susan C. Hayes and published by Lawbook Company. This book was released on 1982 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One in ten Australians is born with a disability. By the year 2000, one in two will suffer a chronic disease or disability which is likely to affect his or her functioning in some significant area of life - education, employment, independent living, marriage, giving birth to and raising children, managing business and financial affairs, entering into contracts, making a will, protecting oneself and one's property. If a person has a mental handicap, how does this affect his or her legal rights? How much responsibility is retained, for making decisions about one's life? What decisions can other people make on behalf of the mentally handicapped individual? What happens when a retarded person attains the age of majority? Complementing these issues of personal autonomy are the issues facing governments, administrators, and policy-makers - such as the provision of free, appropriate education for disabled students; government funding of institutions and projects for disabled people; standards of service; and the enforcement of rights. Almost everyone will be touched by mental retardation at some time - because of a retarded family member, or through working in the field, or by way of a community project for disabled people. This book breaks new ground, by explaining (in easily understood terminology) the legal rights, and status of retarded people, and relating these to the questions of what is best for retarded people and for society as a whole" -- Back cover.
