Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Abbreviations ix
4. Foreword xi
5. Preface xv
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1. A Short History of the International Disability Rights Movement 13
8. Chapter 2. Our Lives, Our Voices: People with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Families 25
9. Chapter 3. Living in the Community, Access to Justice: Having the Right Makes All the Difference 45
10. Chapter 4. Inclusion or Choice? Securing the Right to Inclusive Education for All 58
11. Chapter 5. An Eye Toward Effective Enforcement: A Technical- Comparative Approach to the Drafting Negotiations 70
12. Chapter 6. Children with Disabilities 97
13. Chapter 7. Women with Disabilities: The Convention Through the Prism of Gender 113
14. Chapter 9. Imagine: To Be a Part of This 146
15. Chapter 10. Indigenous People with Disabilities: The Missing Link 157
16. Chapter 11. At the United Nations . . . “The South Also Exists” 170
17. Chapter 12. Voices Down Under: An Australian Perspective 188
18. Chapter 13. Monitoring the Convention’s Implementation 209
19. Chapter 14. The Role of National Human Rights Institutions 222
20. Chapter 15. The New Diplomacy 239
21. Notes 259
22. Contributors 289
23. Index 295
24. Acknowledgments 303