Disability and Human Rights

Disability and Human Rights
Module Code: SSU44030

Module Name: Disability and Human Rights

ECTS Weighting: 10
Semester/ Term Taught: Michaelmas Term
Contact Hours: 2 hour weekly lectures
Module Personnel: Dr Edurne Garcia Iriarte

Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
LO1. Critically analyse the human rights discourse in relation to disability
LO2. Evaluate the potential and limitations of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN, 2006) to achieve dignified lives
LO3. Understand key debates on decision making, independent living and inclusive education
LO4. Apply an appropriate policy framework to analyse disability policy

Module Overview and Content
This module focuses on disability as a human rights issue. The module explores the development and influence of the human rights based approach in developing disability policy. Specifically, this module examines the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN, 2006) using a critical approach. Drawing from current international research and policy in the areas of supported decision making, community living and inclusive education, students will have the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of disability and human rights-based policy from a critical and contextual standpoint.
Indicative student workload: 122 hours
22 hours lectures
Independent study (preparation for course and review of materials): 50
Independent study (preparation for assessment, including completion of assessment): 50

Recommended Reading List

Amin, M., MacLachlan, M., Mannan, M., El Tayeb, S., El Khatim, A., Swartz L. et al. (2016). EquiFrame: A framework for analysis of the inclusion of human rights and vulnerable groups in health policies. Health and Human Rights, 13 (2), available at https://www.hhrjournal.org/2013/08/equiframe-a-framework-for-analysis-of-the-inclusion-of-human-rights-and-vulnerable-groups-in-health-policies/.

Department of Justice and Equality (2017). National Disability Inclusion Strategy. Available from http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/dept-justice-ndi-inclusion-stratgey-booklet.pdf/Files/dept-justice-ndi-inclusion-stratgey-booklet.pdf.
Devendas, C. (2016). Disability Inclusive Policies Report.
Fundamental Rights Agency (2012). Choice and Control: The right to Independent Living. (pp. 7-16). Available from http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2012/choice-and-control-right-independent-living.
Garcia Iriarte, E., McConkey, R., & Gilligan, R. (Eds.) (2016). Disability and Human Rights: Global Perspectives. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Inclusion Ireland (2018). 19 Stories of Social Inclusion. Available from
http://www.inclusionireland.ie/stories-of-social-inclusion.

Priestley M, ‘In search of European disability policy: Between national and global’, ALTER: European Journal of Disability Research/Revue européenne de recherche sur le handicap, 1.1 (2007), 61-74. DOI: 10.1016/j.alter.2007.08.006, Repository URL: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/86912/.

Priestley, M. (2016). Disability. In P. Aloch, T. Haux, M. May & S. Wright (Eds.) The
student’s companion to social policy (5th Edition). Wiley-Blackwell: pp. 439-445.

United Nations (2006). Convention on The Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Watson, Dorothy, Banks, Joanne and Lyons, Seán (2015). Educational and Employment Experiences of People with a Disability in Ireland: An Analysis of the National Disability Survey. Dublin: ESRI http://www.esri.ie/pubs/RS41.pdf

World Health Organisation and World Bank. (2011). World Report on Disability. Available
from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789240685215_eng.pdf

**A complete reading list will be provided at the start of the module.**

Assessment Details

Analysis of a disability policy essay (4000 words) - 80%

Group presentations - 20%

A penalty of 10% will be applied to students who submit essays late without an authorised extension.