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Childhood and disability
Gideon Calder 
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Childhood and Children, Issue: 1, Pages: 260 - 270
Swansea University Author:
Gideon Calder
Abstract
Disabled children may be characterised by what they share in common with other people (whether disabled or children), and by what makes their situation different. This chapter addresses this in two ways. Firstly, it looks at general questions about the nature of disability: competing ways in which ‘...
| Published in: | The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Childhood and Children |
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| ISBN: | 9781138915978 |
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Abingdon and New York
Routledge
2018
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https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-the-Philosophy-of-Childhood-and-Children/Gheaus-Calder-De-Wispelaere/p/book/9781138915978 |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45233 |
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Disabled children may be characterised by what they share in common with other people (whether disabled or children), and by what makes their situation different. This chapter addresses this in two ways. Firstly, it looks at general questions about the nature of disability: competing ways in which ‘disability’ has been defined; whether ‘disabled people’ constitute a distinct group; and at key normative questions which arise when we consider those theoretical issues in the context of childhood. Secondly, it briefly explores a series of representative focal points of debate: how children’s disabilities figure in our understanding of parental love and care; relations between disabled parents and their children; education; and the moral status of children with cognitive disabilities. While such cases resonate with and illuminate wider more general matters concerning the needs, relationships and rights of children and disabled people, they also pose highly specific ethical challenges. |
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| Keywords: |
children, disability, rights, parents, care, social model |
| Issue: |
1 |
| Start Page: |
260 |
| End Page: |
270 |