Intellectual Disability and Stigma: Stepping Out from the Margins

Foreword; Patrick Corrigan .- PART I: THEORY AND CONCEPTS.- Chapter 1. Towards Understanding Intellectual Disability Stigma: Introduction; Katrina Scior.- Chapter 2. Measurement Methods to Assess Intellectual Disability Stigma; Shirli Werner.- PART II: THE CONSEQUENCES OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY STIGMA.- Chapter 3. How Stigma Affects the Lives of People with Intellectual Disabilities: An Overview; Nicole Ditchman, Kristin Kosyluk, Eun-Jeong Lee and Nev Jones.- Chapter 4. How Stigma Affects Us: The Voice of Self-Advocates; Dana Roth, Dorit Barak and Heli Peretz.- Chapter 5. Rarely Seen, Seldom Heard: People with Intellectual Disabilities in the Mass Media; Rebecca Renwick.- Chapter 6. Stigmatic Representation of Intellectual Disability and the Termination of Parental Custody Rights; Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir and James G. Rice.- Chapter 7. Self-Stigma in People with Intellectual Disabilities; Rory Sheehan and Afia Ali.- Chapter 8. Intellectual Disability, Stigma and Hate Crimes; Mark Sherry and Anna Neller.- PART III: TACKLING INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY STIGMA.- Chapter 9. Interventions Aimed at Tackling Intellectual Disability Stigma: What Works and What Still Needs to be Done; Shirli Werner and Katrina Scior.- Chapter 10. Relationships Matter: Addressing Stigma among Children and Youth with Intellectual Disability and their Peers; Erik W. Carter, Elizabeth E. Biggs and Carly L. Blustein.- Chapter 11. Empowering People with Intellectual Disabilities to Challenge Stigma; Sian Anderson and Christine Bigby.- Chapter 12. Tackling Stigma in Developing Countries: The Key Role of Families; Roy McConkey, Callista Kahonde and Judith McKenzie.- Chapter 13. The Law as a Source of Stigma or Empowerment: Legal Capacity and Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; Janos Fiala-Butora and Michael Ashley Stein.- Chapter 14. Intellectual Disability, Group Identification and Self-Evaluation; Jason Crabtree, William Mandy and Hannah Mustard.- Epilogue; Katrina Scior and Shirli Werner.