Article
French
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Abstract
The present article develops a new perspective on the isolation of people with cognitive disabilities and the violations of human rights that they suffer from. Empirical data indicate not only the intermediary role of the caregiver between the disabled person and his social environment but also his contribution to the restriction of freedom. Social exclusion is less due to pejorative social representations than to the threat of normality or what Anthony Giddens has called “ontological security”. The article concludes that “dementia friendly” devices may have limited effectiveness on preserving freedom with cognitive disabilities. Instead of carving out what is important for the patient after the diagnostic has been received, a justice perspective would need to take place before the diagnosis by asking, for each diagnostic project, who would be supported and what for what purpose it should be established.