Introduction : theRights Education Project that inspired this book / Frances Owen and Dorothy Griffiths -- Historical and theoretical foundations of the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities : setting the stage / Frances Owen, Dorothy Griffiths, Donato Tarulli, and Jacqueline Murphy -- The emergence of the human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in international law : the cases of the Montreal Declaration on International Disabilities and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Jocelin Lecomte and Céline Mercier -- Right of life / Shelley L. Watson and Dorothy Griffiths -- Self-determination and the emerging role of person-centered planning : a dialogical framework / Donato Tarulli and Carol Sales -- Legal rights and persons with intellectual disabilities / Voula Marinos, Dorothy Griffiths, Leanna Gosse, Jennifer Robinson, J. Gregory Olley, and William Lindsay -- Medical rights for people with intellectual disabilities / Yona Lunsky, Paul Fedoroff, Kajsa Klassen, Carolyn Gracey, Susan Havercamp, Beverly Fedoroff, Alberta and Nicholas Lennox -- Sexuality and human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities / Deborah Richards, Nancy Miodrag, Shelley L. Watson, Maurice Feldman, Marjorie Aunos, Diane Cox-Lindenbaum, Dorothy Griffiths -- Right to evidence-based treatment for individuals with developmental disabilities : issues of the use of therapeutic punishment / Tricia Vause, Kaleigh Regehr, Maurice Feldman, Dorothy Griffiths, and Frances Owen -- Rights and education / Christine Y. Tardif-Williams, Marion Trent-Kratz, and Krystine Donato -- Ensuring rights : systemic and educational approaches / Frances Owen, Mark Julien, Carol Sales, Christine Y. Tardif-Williams, Barbara Vyrostko, and Karen Stoner.