A Critical Appraisal of Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability V Government of the Republic of South Africa

• Published in: Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad
• Main Author: Petronell Kruger.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Afrikaans; German; English; Dutch
• Published: North-West University 2015
• Subjects: disability; Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability v Government of The Republic of South Africa; substantive equality; Education White Paper 6: Special Needs Education; White Paper 6; Right to Education; Integrated National Disability Strategy; special schools; special needs; separate schools; profoundly and severe disability; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; transformative equality; comparative; India; Canada –Newfoundland; Eldridge v British Columbia (Attorney General); reasonable accommodation; Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence; K1-7720; British Columbia; Canada; Charity; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4314/pelj.v18i3.08; https://doaj.org/article/378c0f4da5dc4fbda526879be34fcdcd

The 2011 the Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability v Government of The Republic of South Africa case flagged a lot of issues faced by persons with disabilities relating to access to education in South Africa. The case tackled certain perceptions about the ineducability of persons with profo...