Disabled people are greatly under-represented in positions of authority within traditional
charities. Using qualitative data from original empirical research, this paper identifies some …

The disabled people's movements have successfully influenced public policies and laws.
Self‐advocates who are autistic or have an intellectual disability have been working …

Background Despite an increase in inclusive studies in recent years, research on the views
of the people with and without disabilities who have participated in these studies is scarce …

Citizenship and rights conventionally refer to the ways in which the relationship between the
individual and the state is constructed. These concepts concern the vital political and …

Theoretically anchored in New Social Movement theory, citizenship studies and a social
model perspective, this research sought to answer the question:" How and in what ways has …

Purpose: To develop a better understanding of the experiences of volunteer work among
youth with disabilities. Method: A scoping review was undertaken to assess the benefits and …

During the last decades, the living conditions for young people with disabilities have
changed dramatically in Sweden, as well as in other parts of the Western world. The …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine and comment on disability rights legislation
by focusing on international documents on people with impairments of the last decades, in …

Policy efforts addressing abuse of people with disability tend to focus on more extreme forms
of violence, sometimes at the expense of attending to everyday indignities and insults …