Beschreibung:
Growing numbers of human beings live with profound and multiple learning difficulties and disabilities. Exploring the moral, social and political implications of this trend, Valuing Profoundly Disabled People addresses questions that are high on policy and practice agendas in numerous regions around the world, including the UK and the EU, the USA, and Australasia.
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Our Fellow Creatures 3. Sharing in a Common Life 4. Respect and Identification 5. Human Dignity 6. Capability, Functioning and Freedom 7. Dependency 8. Citizenship: the Right to Vote 9. Our Fellow Creatures Revisited 10. Afterword Appendix: The Right to Vote: The United States and Australia Bibliography Index