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Simplify You, Classify You: Stigma, Stereotypes And Civil Rights In Disability Classification Systems, Michael L. Perlin Jan 2008

Simplify You, Classify You: Stigma, Stereotypes And Civil Rights In Disability Classification Systems, Michael L. Perlin

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In this paper I consider the question of the extent to which sanism and pretextuality - the factors that contaminate all of mental disability law - do or do not equally contaminate the special education process, and the decision to label certain children as learning disabled. The thesis of this paper is that the process of labeling of children with intellectual disabilities implicates at least five conflicts and clusters of policy issues:

* The need to insure that all children receive adequate education

* The need to insure that the cure is not worse than the illness (that is, that …


Oregon Partner Law Blocked, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2008

Oregon Partner Law Blocked, Arthur S. Leonard

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Introduction, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2008

Introduction, Arthur S. Leonard

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Ny Appeals Court Recognizes Canadian Marriage, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2008

Ny Appeals Court Recognizes Canadian Marriage, Arthur S. Leonard

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Immigrant Dom. Partners Lose, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2008

Immigrant Dom. Partners Lose, Arthur S. Leonard

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Another Ny Civil Union Recognition Loss, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2008

Another Ny Civil Union Recognition Loss, Arthur S. Leonard

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New Asylum Chance For Gay Egyptian, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2008

New Asylum Chance For Gay Egyptian, Arthur S. Leonard

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