| Justice for People with Disabilities: Legal and Institutional Responses Contributor(s): Sampford, Charles (Editor), Hauritz, Marge (Editor), Blencowe, Sophie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1862872724 ISBN-13: 9781862872721 Publisher: Federation Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1997 Annotation: The values underlying the delivery of services to people with disabilities have changed so that such people are now to be treated as full citizens with concomitant rights. This book deals with the nature of the change and its legal and institutional ramifications. What do we mean by "citizenship" and "disability"? What are the implications of the federal government's emphasis on caring by family members and contracts for delivery of services? Can the market resolve all problems of access to social resources? New values being established, what laws will support and reflect those values? The papers address affirmative action, the Disability Discrimination Act, the Disability Services Act, and inclusive schooling. Changes in values and laws require complementary changes in the institutions--families, government departments, etc.--which realise them. How to effect change in the public service? In the voluntary sector? The contributors to this book provide a blueprint for meaningful reform. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Law | Disability |
| Dewey: 362.404 |
| LCCN: 98167688 |
| Series: Law, Ethics and Public Affairs |
| Physical Information: 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The problem of ensuring that people with disabilities exercise the same degree of control and choice in their lives as other citizens is one that preoccupies practitioners in many countries. |