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Friday, 22 January
2010
12:00 -12:45 pm
Room 2-07 Heritage Medical Research Centre
Disability, Parenting and the Rights
of the Child
The United Nations
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2004) affirms the right
of persons with disabilities to marry and found a family. Yet concerns are often
raised about the capacity of persons with disabilities, particularly persons
with intellectual disabilities, to raise a child. What about the rights of
the child? This presentation tackles the 'parents vs. children's rights'
debate.
David McConnell, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of
Occupational Therapy
Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta |
