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Consigned to the margins: A call for global action to challenge intellectual disability stigma

SCIOR, K
HAMID, A
HASTINGS, R
WERNER, S
BELTON C
LANIYAN, A
PATEL, M
GROCE, N
KETT, M
May 2016

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To determine current issues related to persons with intellectual disabilities, we undertook a global study, examining government action as reported to the CRPD Committee and gathering data from 667 disability experts and organisations from 88 countries regarding the extent to which low awareness of intellectual disability and stigma are continuing concerns, and what is being done to tackle these concerns

The Lancet, Global Health, Vol 4, Issue 5, PE294-E295, May 01, 2016

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