| Author(s) | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | |
| Publication Year |
What Do People With Disabilities Need to Enjoy Disability Rights
From: About Canada: Disability Rights
$2.20
The fifth chapter looks at the logical next step, at the gap between what people with disabilities in Canada actually experience, and what they could experience if their disability rights were fully recognized. Several concepts that help to close that gap are discussed, including universal or inclusive design, disability supports, income supports, and a sense of belonging and being home.
Contributors
Deborah Stienstra
Deborah Stienstra holds the Jarislowsky Chair in Families and Work, is a professor of political science and the director of the Live Work Well Research Centre at the University of Guelph. She held the Royal Bank Research Chair in Disability Studies from 2000-2003 at the Canadian Centre on Disability Studies. She has worked with national organizations including the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, FAFIA, and the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. Her recent research interests include the effects of changes in public services on people with disabilities, women’s experiences as a result of economic restructuring, intersections between disability, race/ethnicity and Aboriginality, access and inclusion in telecommunications policy, and experiences of people with disabilities in end of life and cancer care. She is co-editor of Making Equality: History of Advocacy and Persons with Disabilities in Canada and the lead author of Women with Disabilities: Accessing Trade.
