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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Fyson, R.
• Cromby, J.

Titel

Human rights and intellectual disabilities in an era of 'choice'

Ist Teil von

• Journal of intellectual disability research, 2013-12, Vol.57 (12), p.1164-1172

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Wiley Online Library Journals Frontfile Complete

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Background Efforts to uphold and promote the human rights of people with intellectual disabilities (ID) are being affected by the increasing emphasis on ‘choice’ in the delivery of social care services. While rights presume subjects or selves to whom they apply, there is a disconnect between the subjects presumed within human rights frameworks and the variable capacities of a heterogeneous ID population. This disconnect is amplified by choice discourses which characterise current service provision based upon neoliberal ideologies. Method Conceptual assumptions and theoretical positions associated with human rights in relation to people with ID are critically examined. Results The analysis results in an argument that current conceptualisations of personhood in relation to human rights exclude people with ID. The adverse effects of this exclusion are exacerbated within services which emphasise the permissive rights associated with a neoliberal agenda of ‘choice’ over protective rights. Conclusions In order to ensure that the human rights of people with ID are upheld, neoliberal emphases on choice need to be tempered and a more nuanced and inclusive notion of personhood in relation to universal human rights needs to be adopted.