Disability and Human Rights - Policy Perspectives (5cr)
Course unit code: DHR1005A10S
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Teaching language
- English
Objective
The student
- Is familiar the different concepts which inform work with people with disabilities
- Is able to analyse disability issues from the perspective of a social model of disability
- Understands the human rights framework for policy and practice in the field of disability
- Is familiar with disability issues in different national and regional contexts
Content
- concepts of disability
- the social model of disability
- the politics of disability issues
- disability and human rights
- international perspectives on disability