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Breaking down the barriers: social housing for people with disabilities in Europe
- Author:
- RANDALL Bill
- Publisher:
- CECODHAS. The European Liaison Committee for Social Housing
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 33p.
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
Breaking down the barriers Social Housing for People with disabilities marks the European Year of People with Disabilities. The report catalogues the many and innovative ways in which housing associations, companies and co-ops are breaking down the barriers to liberate disabled people across the European Union. The report is published in English, German and French.
Services to prevent disability in the elderly: report on a WHO meeting...October 1982
- Author:
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. Regional Office for Europe
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization
- Publication year:
- 1983
- Pagination:
- 33p.,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Copenhagen
Evaluation of UK participation in the HELIOS programme; final report; executive summary
- Authors:
- LOVELOCK Robin, POWELL Jackie, STACK Liz
- Publisher:
- University of Southampton. Department of Social Work Studies
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- Southampton
Preliminary version of a report to be published by Avebury in June 1994. Looks at UK participation in an EC action programme concerning disability.
Equal rights for disabled people: the case for a new law
- Authors:
- BYNOE Ian, OLIVER Mike, BARNES Colin
- Publisher:
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 82p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Argues that disabled people face unfair discrimination in all areas of life, that compound their disabilities. Suggests that a new law is needed against such discrimination. Shows how current UK law condones discrimination against disabled people. Reviews current law in North America, Australia and Europe, and sets out detailed proposals for the new UK law.
Meeting disability: a European response
- Author:
- DAUNT Patrick
- Publisher:
- Cassell
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 215p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes the situation of disabled people in the European Community and how their needs have been met. Explores the relationship between the political integration of Europe and the social integration of disabled people.
Semi-sheltered employment for the disabled in the member states of the EEC
- Authors:
- SEYFRIED Erwin, LAMBERT Thibault
- Publisher:
- European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 86p.
- Place of publication:
- Berlin
Looks at the employment of the disabled in the light of present and future developments such as the Single European Market, greater automation and the growth of the service sector.
Legislation on the rehabilitation of disabled people in thirteen member states of the Council of Europe
- Author:
- COUNCIL OF EUROPE
- Publisher:
- Council of Europe
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 280p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Strasbourg
Equal measures: closing the accessibility gap
- Editors:
- SHIPLEY Tony, GILL John, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- COST
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The European Union has produced a set of Directives governing the provision of electronic communications facilities. People who have disabilities, or who are elderly and are now experiencing some loss of function, are at risk of exclusion from this new world of electronic communications unless special note is made of their needs. However, the pace of technological change is such that specific technical measures are quickly rendered obsolete, and so have no place in legislation that is intended to be of lasting value. If the primary legislation can only point to the basic fundamentals, and if the market-place is not yet ready to acknowledge a wider spectrum of functional ability amongst its customers, how can this risk of exclusion be addressed? The aim of this publication is to show how, with a degree of European co-operation, the powers devolved to national regulators can be applied to close the gap and bring in short- term measures that are consistent with the overall framework while addressing immediate problems of accessibility.
Vocational rehabilitation and Europe
- Editor:
- FLOYD Michael
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 132p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines contrasting solutions in Europe and the United States for improving employment opportunities for disabled people. Looks at: services disabled people need to help them get back to work; the impact of the Maastricht Treaty; lessons learned from the first Horizon programme and the second Helios programme; and recent developments in services and legislation in the United States.
Sheltered employment in five member states of the Council of Europe: Austria, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland
- Authors:
- SAMOY Erik, WATERPLAS Lina
- Publisher:
- Council of Europe
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 67p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Strasbourg
Comparative study looking at the situation of sheltered employment in the twelve Member States of the European Union. The data for each country is grouped under the following headings: institutional context; target population; access to sheltered employment; characteristics of the people in sheltered employment; and a discussion of the topics currently under debate around sheltered employment in each country.