945 "The Right to Value Actualization of People with Developmental Intellectual Disabilities" Haya Gershuni Abstract There is an association of rights designed to enable people with intellectual disabilities a quality of life and equality like any other human being. However, the possibility of self-realization through the existence of values and religion is not recognized as a right and is even absent from the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The main argument is that people with intellectual disabilities are perceived primarily as having a low level of values, and when they seek to realize cultural and religious values, they are attributed egocentric and childish motivation. As a result, they do not receive the same recognition and appreciation as another person who upholds those value. This results in further lack of exposure, mediation and accessibility of these values. Theorists involved in altruistic behavior and moral development, such as Maslow, Piaget, and Kohlberg, link IQ to the ability to reach a high moral-value level, but empirical findings suggest that people with intellectual disabilities are no different from people without disabilities in value and moral aspirations. Despite this, when expressing a desire to contribute to society, they are suspected of having egocentric Chapter on page 353
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