Overview
- Highlights how those with intellectual disabilities and their families are affected by stigma
- Provides a framework to tackle intellectual disability stigma across a variety of environments
- Emphasises the centrality of self-advocacy in fighting against stigma of intellectual disabilities
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theory and Concepts
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The Consequences of Intellectual Disability Stigma
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Tackling Intellectual Disability Stigma
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About this book
Reviews
“That stigma is an important issue is not in doubt but how do we understand its origins and manifestations and the impact it has on people with intellectual disabilities and their families? This book explores these and other aspects and addresses the question of what we should do in response to it and how we as individuals and societies might prevent it.” (Tony Holland, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK)
“Edited by leading experts in their field, this text will become indispensable to all who want to understand and address the impact of discrimination and stigma on the wellbeing of people with intellectual disabilities. It deserves to be on the reading lists of all training courses that prepare people to work with children or adults with intellectual disability.” (Eric Emerson, Professor of Disability Population Health, Centre for Disability Research and Policy, University of Sydney, Australia)
“Scior and Werner have assembled a masterfulteam of scientists and advocates to summarize the state of research on the stigma of intellectual disabilities.” (Patrick W. Corrigan Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA)
“This book will help expose generations of often unconscious bias while opening many eyes to the possibility of a more welcoming future.” (Timothy Shriver, Chairman of Special Olympics)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Shirli Werner is Senior Lecturer at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Shirli has published widely on intellectual disability stigma theory and measurement, public stigma, stigma held by service providers and impact of stigma on family members.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Intellectual Disability and Stigma
Book Subtitle: Stepping Out from the Margins
Editors: Katrina Scior, Shirli Werner
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52499-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52498-0Published: 17 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52499-7Published: 16 September 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 230
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Clinical Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Community and Environmental Psychology, Self and Identity