Professor Leslie Francis discusses her research focus on the frameworks that deny full legal status to people with intellectual disabilities and the efforts underway to change this. Watch her full YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzsvkDYXa5w&list=PLrfMz_WZNoCY3ma2nsatwgmQck-Nk2Bsl&index=4 Professor Francis also wrote a new book, "States of Health," with Professor John Francis about the practical relevance of federalism to people facing ethical decisions about health and health care

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