Rights discourses in relation to people with intellectual disability: towards an ethics of relations, critique and care

Mckenzie, Judith A; Macleod, Catriona I

Title: Rights discourses in relation to people with intellectual disability: towards an ethics of relations, critique and care
Creator: Mckenzie, Judith A
Creator: Macleod, Catriona I
Date Issued: 2012
Date: 2012
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:6282
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1014123
Identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2012.631795
Description: In this paper we argue that human rights approaches for intellectually disabled people have failed to recognise the complexity of rights claims made by and on behalf of this group. Drawing on a research project into discourses of education for intellectually disabled people in the Eastern Cape, South Africa we discern three rights discourses; namely, rights to full participation, rights to special services and rights to protection. These draw off a social model, a medical model and a protective model, respectively. We note that these discourses may be set up in contestation with each other. However, we argue that they can be seen as complementary if viewed within an ethics of care that enables participation. Within this conceptualisation, participation is viewed within relations of care but is subject to a critique that examines the role of context and disciplinary power in constructing dependency.
Format: 16 leaves
Format: pdf
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Online
Language: English
Relation: Judith Anne Mckenzie & Catriona Ida Macleod (2012) Rights discourses in relation to education of people with intellectual disability: towards an ethics of care that enables participation, Disability & Society, 27:1, 15-29, DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2012.631795
Rights: This is an electronic version of an article that was published in Disability & Society © 2012 Copyright; Taylor & Francis. Disability & Society is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2012.631795

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