Questions and Answers
Explain the concept of disability-based stigma and its impact on human rights.
Disability-based stigma refers to negative attitudes and beliefs towards individuals with disabilities, leading to discrimination and social exclusion. This stigma violates human rights by denying fundamental freedoms, such as liberty, privacy, and self-determination.
How do social, economic, and political factors shape the experience of mental disability and access to services?
Social, economic, and political factors influence the availability and accessibility of services for people with mental disabilities. For example, poverty can limit access to healthcare services, while political policies can either enhance or limit access to education and employment opportunities.
What is the right to health and how is it relevant to people with disabilities?
The right to health is the right to the highest attainable standard of health, including access to healthcare services, clean water, and adequate sanitation. For people with disabilities, this right is crucial as they may require specific healthcare services, accommodations, and support to maintain their health and well-being.
Study Notes
- A rights-based approach views discrimination faced by people with disabilities as the cause of their disability status.
- Disability is a result of the interplay between individual and social factors.
- Disability-based stigma leads to violations of human rights and social exclusion.
- People with mental disabilities face violations of their rights in areas such as health, housing, education, work, poverty, and social security.
- They are also denied fundamental freedoms of liberty, privacy, and self-determination.
- Social, economic, and political factors shape the experience of mental disability and access to services.
- People with mental disabilities are exceptionally vulnerable to human rights violations.
- Discrimination and exclusion are common in society and care settings.
- The right to health is identified as the right to the highest attainable standard of health, not a right to be healthy.
- The complex nature of disability highlights the importance of a rights-based approach to ensure human rights are protected.
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