The Routledge International Handbook of Children's Rights and Disability

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This handbook provides authoritative and cutting-edge analyses of various aspects of the rights and lives of disabled children around the world. Taking the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) as conceptual frameworks, this work appraises the current state of affairs concerning the rights of disabled children across different stages of childhood, different life domains, and different socio-cultural contexts. The book is divided into four sections: Legislation and Policy Children’s Voice The Life Course in Childhood Life Domains in Childhood Comprised of 37 newly commissioned chapters featuring analyses of UN documents and case studies from Australia, Brazil, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vanuatu, its multidisciplinary approach reflects the complexities of the lives of disabled children and the multifarious nature of the strategies needed to ensure their rights are upheld. It will be of interest to researchers and students working in disability studies, education, allied health, law, philosophy, play studies, social policy, and the sociology of childhood. It will also be a valuable resource for professionals/practitioners, allowing them to consider future directions for ensuring that disabled children’s rights are realised and their well-being and dignity are assured. Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents List of Figures List of Illustrations List of Tables List of Contributors Acknowledgements Preface 1 Introduction: Children’s Rights and Disability Section 1 Legislation and Policy 2 The Human Rights Model for Children with Disabilities Vignette One 3 For the Full Incorporation of the Rights of Children, with or without Disabilities, Into the Human Rights Model 4 An Analysis of the UNCRPD Concluding Observations on the Rights of Children with Disabilities 5 ‘They still need to listen more’: Working in Partnership with Disabled Young Researchers to Inform and Shape Country Submissions to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and UN Committee on the Rights of the Child 6 Human Rights through the Eyes of Children with Disabilities Vignette Two 7 Developing the Right(s) Approach for Autism 8 Poverty, Deprivation, and Disabled Children’s Right to Citizenship 9 The Care Dependency Grant in South Africa: Challenges on the Road to Inclusive Rights Section 2 Children’s Voice 10 Children’s Rights, Arts-Based Methods, and Gramsci’s Common Sense: The Possibilities of Freedom 11 Beyond the Spoken Word—Facilitating the Disabled Child’s Voice through the Mosaic Approach Vignette Three 12 Disabled Children’s Participation in Healthcare Decision-Making 13 Participation of Disabled Children in Health Guidelines Development 14 The Right to an ‘Active Voice’ without Words: Co-Creating Knowledge in Special Schools with Art Research Together Vignette Four 15 The Rights of the Child when Symbolic Language is out of Reach 16 Do all Children have the Right to Express Views?: Listening to ‘Differently Voiced’ Communicators Section 3 The Life Course in Childhood 17 Babies with Disabilities and their Entitlement to Imagined Hopeful Futures 18 Is Disability a Justification to undermine the Right to Life? Vignette Five 19 Down Syndrome Abortion Bans: Law and Ethics 20 Clash of Competing Rights in Surrogacy: Embryos, Foetuses, and Children with a Disability 21 Framing Does Matter: How Health Professionals can Empower Disabled Children and their Families 22 From ‘Retarded’ Education to Authentic Life: A Personal Education Retrospective Vignette Six 23 Design as an Agent of Children’s Rights?: Inclusive Mobility Design for Children with Disabilities 24 Assistive Technologies as Rights Enablers 25 ‘Look at us . . . We’re Walking’: Parental Advocacy vs a Child’s Privacy in the age of Internet Sharing 26 An Open Exploration around End-of-Life Journeys for Children Facing Terminal Illness/Severe Disability Section 4 Life Domains in Childhood 27 The Changing Landscape of Inclusive Education: A Shift towards Universal Design for Learning Vignette Seven 28 ‘Lawfare’ and the Role of Civil Society on Promoting the Inclusive Education Public Policy in Brazil 29 A Certain Kind of Freedom, a Certain Subject of Right: The Disability dispositif of Inclusion and the Government of the Disabled Child in the Italian Education System 30 Social Justice and Language Rights for Deaf Children 31 Through the Eyes of Children with Disabilities: Recognising Children’s Agency in their Play in Inclusive Playspaces 32 Disabled Children’s Access to Music: Music’s Transformational Potential and Music Therapy’s Dis/enabling Role in Making Music Accessible Vignette Eight 33 The Right to Grow Together: Exploring the Roles of Community Agents in Providing Support for Early Adolescents with Disabilities to make Friends and join Groups 34 Sex, Love, and Human Rights: Sexual Rights for Children and Youth Experiencing Disability 35 Who is Worthy of Rights?: An Analysis of Children Living at the Intersections of Disability, Citizenship, and Migration in the United States and Italy 36 The Right to Safety: Promoting the Authority of Disabled Children to Tackle Rights Resistance 37 Ceci n’est pas un dénouement: This is not a Conclusion Index