Discrimination against people with mental retardation in Hong Kong
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9972885 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John W L Tse (0000-0001-9188-2843, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 357-368 |
| Publication date | 1994-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002087289403700406 |
| OpenAlex | W1989579177 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
As parents in the United States and Canada are suing the government for excluding their children with mental retardation from public schools and moving them from institutions to the community (Herr, 1983), their counterparts in Hong Kong, if not Asia, are urging their own government to set up more social and residential services (South China Morning Post, 1991 a). The ’they deserve what they get’ feeling prevails in the government as well as in the minds of the general public. Parents and social workers in developed and developing countries have at least one thing in common: they are all working, directly or indirectly, against stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination against people with mental retardation. The same attitudes and policies prevail which have excluded adults with mental retardation from gainful employment and from the right to community living, and this in addition to their being shut away from the social and economic mainstream. Discrimination refers to ’any adverse distinction which deprives a person of equality of opportunity or treatment ... and which is made on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction, or social origin’ (McKean, 1983). According to the Random House Dictionary of the English Language, the verb ’to discriminate’ is defined as making ’a distinction in favour of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class or
Developmental psychology · Psychiatry · Community Health and Development · Homelessness and Social Issues · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology
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| Citation span | 1999 - 1999 (1) |
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