Justice and Neurodevelopmental Disability: Moral-Political Philosophies, Policies, and Their Outcomes

Neurodevelopmental disabilities such as cerebral palsy and autism touch a population which has been dubbed to be “doubly vulnerable”. Individuals with neurodevelopmental disability have conditions that impair their cognition, communication, mobility or social interactions and they also rely on others to make decisions on their behalf. Accordingly, these children – as described in other contributions of t his special issue – are particularly prone to suffer from systemic (i.e., social, economic, and political) conditions that give or prevent access to quality and timely healthcare and social services as well as economic opportunities.
Source: Seminars in Pediatric Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research