Part one of the book looks at the legal responses. Tom Bellamy and Lynne Davis discuss the values which now govern the relationship between people with disabilities and society. What do we mean by "citizenship" and "disability"? What are the implications of the federal government's emphasis on caring by family members and on contracts for delivery of services? Can the market resolve all problems of access to social resources? New values being established, what laws will support and reflect those values? The papers address affirmative action, the Disability Discrimination Act, the Disability Services Act, and inclusive schooling.
Changes in values and laws require complementary changes in the institutions--families, government departments, etc.--which realise them. How to effect change in the public service? In the voluntary sector? What of disability advocacy or institutional culture or crime prevention and patterns of offending? What of the move from segregation to community?
The contributors to this book provide a blueprint for meaningful reform.
Table of Contents
PART ONE: LEGAL RESPONSES
CHAPTER 1: The braid of progress: people with disabilities and modern societies - G.T. Bellamy
CHAPTER 2: Rights replacing needs: a new resolution of the distributive dilemma for people with disabilities in Australia? - L. Davis
CHAPTER 3: Affirmative action, reasonable accommodation and capitalism: irreconcilable differences? - R. Colker
CHAPTER 4: The limitations on the use of law to promote rights: an assessment of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) - M. Jones and L.A. Basser Marks
CHAPTER 5: Australian Law Reform Commission review of the Disability Services Act 1986 (Cth) - A.D. Rose
CHAPTER 6: The legal implications of including students with disabilities in regular schools - C. Forlin and P. Forlin
PART TWO: INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES
CHAPTER 7: Moving towards accessibility for people with disabilities - R. Barson
CHAPTER 8: Voluntary-sector associations as part of the problem or part of the solution - W.P. Hanley
CHAPTER 9: Disability advocacy: too much talk and not enough action - R. Banks and R. Kayess
CHAPTER 10: Ethics and rights in the move from segregation to community - R. Nicholls
CHAPTER 11: Institutional culture and people with intellectual disabilities: experiences of an inquirer - D.G. Stewart
CHAPTER 12: Consideration of crime prevention as part of institutional reform - M. Hauritz
CHAPTER 13: Patterns of offending amongst people with intellectual disabilities - O.J. Webb
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