Intellectual Disability and Stigma Stepping Out from the Margins
“Scior and Werner have assembled a masterful team of scientists and advocates to summarize the state of research on the stigma of intellectual disabilities.” - Patrick W. Corrigan Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technolog
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Stepping Out from the Margins
Edited by
KATRINA SCIOR & SHIRLI WERNER
Intellectual Disability and Stigma
Katrina Scior • Shirli Werner Editors
Intellectual Disability and Stigma Stepping Out from the Margins
Editors Katrina Scior Department of Psychology University College London London, United Kingdom
Shirli Werner Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel
ISBN 978-1-137-52498-0 ISBN 978-1-137-52499-7 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-52499-7
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Foreword
The stigma of intellectual disabilities is as troubling for people with these disabilities as the impairments that accompany them. Disabilities are socially constructed, representing the interface between dysfunctions that result from disease and obstacles in the community that combined prevent people from attaining personally meaningful life goals. Consider the irony: people who learn to master challenges and are ready for work or independent living only to have their community say “no” to their aspirations. Stigma, particularly public beliefs that people with intellectual disabilities can’t…, is among the greatest of obstacles to self-determination. Stigma teaches that people with intellectual disabilities can’t work competitive jobs, so why should employers hire them. They can’t develop mature and intimate relationships so should not be allowed to date, marry, or have children. The benefits of rehabilitation and independent living programs grind to a halt when confronted by commun
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