Assumptions of Decision-Making Capacity: The Role Supporter Attitudes Play in the Realisation of Article 12 for People with Severe or Profound Intellectual Disability

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) was the first legally binding instrument explicitly focused on how human rights apply to people with disability. Amongst their obligations, consistent with the social model of disability, the Convention requires signat...

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Main Author: Joanne Watson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-02-01
Series:Laws
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/5/1/6