ABSTRACT
This handbook provides authoritative and cutting-edge analyses of various aspects of the rights and lives of disabled children around the world.
Taking the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) as conceptual frameworks, this work appraises the current state of affairs concerning the rights of disabled children across different stages of childhood, different life domains, and different socio-cultural contexts.
The book is divided into four sections:
- Legislation and Policy
- Children’s Voice
- The Life Course in Childhood
- Life Domains in Childhood
Comprised of 37 newly commissioned chapters featuring analyses of UN documents and case studies from Australia, Brazil, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vanuatu, its multidisciplinary approach reflects the complexities of the lives of disabled children and the multifarious nature of the strategies needed to ensure their rights are upheld.
It will be of interest to researchers and students working in disability studies, education, allied health, law, philosophy, play studies, social policy, and the sociology of childhood. It will also be a valuable resource for professionals/practitioners, allowing them to consider future directions for ensuring that disabled children’s rights are realised and their well-being and dignity are assured.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section 1|149 pages
Legislation and Policy
chapter 5|19 pages
‘They Still need to Listen More’
chapter 9|17 pages
The Care Dependency Grant in South Africa
section Section 2|135 pages
Children's Voice
chapter 10|21 pages
Children's Rights, Arts-Based Methods, and Gramsci's Common Sense
chapter 14|18 pages
The Right to an ‘Active Voice’ without Words
chapter 16|19 pages
Do All Children Have the Right to Express Views?
section Section 3|180 pages
The Life Course in Childhood
chapter 20|17 pages
Clash of Competing Rights in Surrogacy
chapter 21|17 pages
Framing Does Matter
chapter 23|21 pages
Design as an Agent of Children's Rights?
chapter 25|15 pages
‘Look at Us … We're Walking’
section Section 4|199 pages
Life Domains in Childhood