Intellectual disability in Switzerland: the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as a vehicle for progress
Tizard Learning Disability Review
ISSN: 1359-5474
Article publication date: 2 February 2022
Issue publication date: 21 March 2022
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to provide an overview of the history, current status and future challenges for intellectual disability (ID) policy and practice in Switzerland.
Design/methodology/approach
Following a review of the literature, academics in the field of ID in Switzerland reflect on critical issues.
Findings
The implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has resulted in the move from institutions to more flexible and individualised, community-based support services.
Originality/value
This paper describes a Western-European country facing the challenges of deinstitutionalisation to become an inclusive society due to directions given by the CRPD.
Keywords
Citation
Büschi, E., Antener, G. and Parpan-Blaser, A. (2022), "Intellectual disability in Switzerland: the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as a vehicle for progress", Tizard Learning Disability Review, Vol. 27 No. 1, pp. 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1108/TLDR-07-2021-0019
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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