Intellectual Disability and Stigma

Part I. Theory and Concepts

1. Toward Understanding Intellectual Disability Stigma: Introduction
Katrina Scior

2. Measurement Methods to Assess Intellectual Disability Stigma
Shirli Werner

Part II. The Consequences of Intellectual Disability Stigma

3. How Stigma Affects the Lives of People with Intellectual Disabilities: An Overview
Nicole Ditchman, Kristin Kosyluk, Eun-Jeong Lee, Nev Jones

4. How Stigma Affects Us: The Voice of Self-advocates
Dana Roth, Heli Peretz, Dorit Barak

5. Rarely Seen, Seldom Heard: People with Intellectual Disabilities in the Mass Media
Rebecca Renwick

6. Stigmatic Representation of Intellectual Disability and Termination of Parental Custody Rights
Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir, James G. Rice

7. Self-stigma in People with Intellectual Disabilities
Rory Sheehan, Afia Ali

8. Intellectual Disability, Stigma, and Hate Crimes
Mark Sherry, Anna Neller

Part III. Tackling Intellectual Disability Stigma

9. Interventions Aimed at Tackling Intellectual Disability Stigma: What Works and What Still Needs to Be Done
Shirli Werner, Katrina Scior

10. Relationships Matter: Addressing Stigma Among Children and Youth with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Peers
Erik W. Carter, Elizabeth E. Biggs, Carly L. Blustein

11. Empowering People with Intellectual Disabilities to Challenge Stigma
Sian Anderson, Christine Bigby

12. Tackling Stigma in Developing Countries: The Key Role of Families
Roy McConkey, Callista Kahonde, Judith McKenzie

13. The Law as a Source of Stigma or Empowerment: Legal Capacity and Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
J. Fiala-Butora, M. A. Stein

14. Intellectual Disability, Group Identification, and Self-Evaluation
J. Crabtree, W. Mandy, H. Mustard

Keywords: Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Community and Environmental Psychology, Self and Identity