This work examines how intellectual disability is affected by stigma and how this stigma has developed. Around 2% of the world's population have an intellectual disability but their low visibility in many places bears witness to their continuing exclusion from society.

Toward understanding intellectual disability stigma : introduction /Katrina Scior -- Measurement methods to assess intellectual disability stigma / Shirli Werner -- How stigma affects the lives of people with intellectual disabilities : an overview / Nicole Ditchman, Kristin Kosyluk, Eun-Jeong Lee, and Nev Jones -- How stigma affects us : the voice of self-advocates / Dana Roth, Dorit Barak, and Heli Peretz -- Rarely seen, seldom heard : people with intellectual disabilities in the mass media / Rebecca Renwick -- Stigmatic representation of intellectual disability and termination of parental custody rights / Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir and James G. Rice -- Self-stigma in people with intellectual disabilities / Rory Sheehan and Afia Ali -- Intellectual disability, stigma, and hate crimes / Mark Sherry and Anna Neller -- Interventions aimed at tackling intellectual disability stigma : what works and what still needs to be done / Shirli Werner and Katrina Scior -- Relationships matter : addressing stigma among children and youth with intellectual disabilities and their peers / Erik W. Carter, Elizabeth E. Biggs, and Carly L. Blustein -- Empowering people with intellectual disabilities to challenge stigma / Sian Anderson and Christine Bigby -- Tackling stigma in developing countries : the key role of families / Roy McConkey, Callista Kahonde, and Judith McKenzie -- The law as a source of stigma or empowerment : legal capacity and persons with intellectual disabilities / Janos Fiala-Butora and Michael Ashley Stein -- Intellectual disability, group identification, and self-evaluation / Jason Crabtree, William Mandy, and Hannah Mustard -- Epilogue / Katrina Scior and Shirli Werner.