Scior, Katrina;
Kett, maria;
Hastings, Richard;
Werner, Shirli;
Hamid, Aseel;
Belton, Catherine;
Laniyan, Adebisi;
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(2015)
Intellectual Disabilities:
Raising Awareness and Combating Stigma
A Global Review: Executive Summary & Recommendations.
UCL Centre for Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research: London, UK.
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Abstract
The physical inclusion of children and adults with intellectual disabilities is central but not sufficient in itself to achieve their meaningful social inclusion. The well-being and social inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities is challenged by negative attitudes held among the general population and sub-sections of societies around the world. Yet information relating to inclusion and the wider societal context of attitudes to intellectual disability is fragmented and relates mainly to high income countries, despite a higher prevalence of intellectual disability in developing countries. There is very little comparative data to judge what attitudes towards adults and children with intellectual disabilities are held around the globe; to what extent prejudice and discrimination prevail; or what is being done to combat stigma associated with intellectual disability. For many countries worldwide, we have no access to published information on these issues. Our central objective in the current project was to begin to fill this gap by presenting global data on indicators related to the social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities, continuing attitudinal barriers around the world, and attempts to address these.
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