Achieving disability equality: empowering disabled people to take the lead

• Published in: Social Inclusion
• Main Authors: Löve, Laufey, Traustadóttir, Rannveig, Rice, James Gordon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: MISC 2018
• Subjects: Soziale Probleme und Sozialdienste; Politikwissenschaft; Recht; Social problems and services; Political science; Law; soziale Probleme; politische Willensbildung; politische Soziologie; politische Kultur; Social Problems; Political Process; Elections; Political Sociology; Political Culture; Gleichstellung; Behinderter; Menschenrechte; Politik; Mitwirkung; politische Entscheidung; Organisationen; Institution; sozialer Wandel; affirmative action; handicapped; human rights; politics; contribution; political decision; organizations; social change; Wandel; Iceland
• Online Access: https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/57048; https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/1180; https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v6i1.1180

Achieving disability equality calls for transformative changes to society’s structures and norms. Recognizing the central role of disabled people and their organizations in this restructuring, and the call of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) for their full inclusion i...