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Author Power, Andrew

Title Active Citizenship and Disability : Implementing the Personalisation of Support
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (526 pages)
Series Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
Cambridge disability, law and policy series.
Contents Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I Towards Active Citizenship for Persons with Disabilities; 1 Introduction; Purpose of the Book -- Outlining the Core Questions; Focus and Scope of the Book; Methods of Study; Outline of the Study; Conclusion -- Towards Reframing -Disability'; 2 Supports to Persons with Disabilities in the Context of International and Regional Disability Law and Policy; Introduction; Emergence of International Standards on Disability; Development of a Disability-Specific Human Rights Treaty; International and Domestic Legal Status of CRPD
Guiding Principles in International and Regional Disability Law and PolicyPersonalisation; Respect for Inherent Dignity, Individual Autonomy and Independence of Persons; Participation and Inclusion; Respect for Difference and Acceptance of Disability as Human Diversity; Respect for the Evolving Capacities of Children with Disabilities; Equality and Non-Discrimination and the Duty to Accommodate; Legal Capacity and Enabling Personalised Decision Making; Choice in Living Arrangements; Review of European Policy on Choice in Living Arrangements; Life in the Community; Fostering Accessibility
Giving Full Effect to Social RightsFostering Community Participation through Meaningful Employment; Innovative Resource Mechanisms; Provision of Public Supports and Services; Conclusion -- Opportunities and New Directions in Enabling Active Citizenship and Independence; 3 Revitalising Disability Support at the Domestic Level; Introduction; Reshaping Welfare: Developmental Funding and Management; Centralised Government Approaches; Decentralised Government Approaches; New Directions; 1. Citizens' Commissioning; 2. Citizen Involvement and Partnership; 3. A Learning-by-Doing Approach
4. Outcome MonitoringSummary; Revitalising a Disability Support Organisation: Development and Innovation; 1. Internal Organisational Culture; 2. The Organisations External Environment and Its Relationship to It; Diffusion and Percolation of Innovation; Leadership in Change Management; Conclusion -- Developing the Framework for Analysis; Part II Learning from Comparative Perspectives; 4 Active Citizenship and Disability in the United States; Introduction; An Overview of the Administration of Disability Support; An Overview of the Disability Support Framework
Disability-Specific Federal and State EntitlementsDisability-Specific Services; Wellsprings of Reform; The Conditions of Institutions; The Costs of Institutional Support; Early Precedents of Self-Determination; The Results of Self-Determination Demonstration Projects; The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Olmstead Case; Shape of Reform; Shaping the Demand Side of Reform; New Policy Options for Self-Determination; The Individual Funding Allocation System; Role of Independent Planning and Fiscal Intermediary Support; Supported Decision Making; Enabling a Choice in Living Arrangements
Summary Provides an international comparative study of the implementation of disability rights law and policy focused on the emerging principles of self-determination and personalisation
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Subject People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Lord, Janet
DeFranco, Allison
ISBN 9781139842907
1139842900
9781139342711
1139342711
9781107029910
1107029910