COVER -- Law, Rights and Disability -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE Working in Partnership with Disabled People: New Perspectives for Professionals Within the Social Model of Disability -- CHAPTER TWO Changing Attitudes to the Rights of People with Disabilities in Europe -- CHAPTER THREE Improving the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities Through International Law -- CHAPTER FOUR Improving the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities Through Domestic Law: A Global Overview -- CHAPTER FIVE The Legal Regulation of the Powers and Duties of Local Authorities with regard to Disabled People -- CHAPTER SIX The Disability Discrimination Act: An Overview -- CHAPTER SEVEN Disability, Housing and Homelessness -- CHAPTER EIGHT Disability and Mental Health Law -- CHAPTER NINE Disabled Children: (Still) Invisible Under the Law -- CHAPTER TEN Disabled Children and Social Care: Law and Practice -- CHAPTER ELEVEN Clear Voices for Change: Messages from Disability Research for Law, Policy and Practice -- The Contributors -- Subject Index -- Author Index.