The Audacity of Inclusion: Fighting for the Equality of Persons Labelled Intellectually Disabled

One beautiful, surprisingly warm spring morning on the isolated islands of Haida Gwaii, an insight smacked Dulcie McCallum in the face with the force of an unexpected tsunami: at the heart of it all, the law was the culprit. Rather than promoting rights, the law was itself the taproot of injustice.For people with an intellectual disability, the law is what defines their disadvantage, not their disability.For every child diagnosed with the label of intellectual disability, there remains a ce...