A Preliminary Study to Dismantle the Social Isolation of Minorities With Mental Disabilities

The purpose of this article is to explore the possibility of an anti-discrimination approach to dismantle social isolation for minorities with mental disabilities.Minorities with mental disabilities are perceived by society as potential criminals, and they exist as victims of violence in isolation through the implicit consent of the members of society.The isolation of minorities with mental disabilities is a product of hospitalization-centered policies based on the medically dominant discourse, and it is time for a paradigm shift to dismantle it.This article argues for a shift from the discourse of isolation to the discourse of minorities for minorities with mentaldisabilities.The process for this is as follows.First, structural violence was analyzed to confirm the justification of minority access to the mentally disabled.Second, in order to confirm the justification of minority access to the mentally disabled, the types of identity recognition and rights guarantees were analyzed.Third, the significance of the antidiscrimination approach was considered for the conversion of the discourse on the mentally disabled as a minority.Fourth, the significance and limitations of individual anti-discrimination laws for minorities with mental disabilities were explored.Fifth, the significance of the comprehensive anti-discrimination law for minorities with mental disabilities was examined.Through this, it is intended to find a direction for reconstruction from the social isolation discourse of minorities with mental disabilities to the discourse focusing on discrimination and exclusion of minorities.