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Put the bite into disability rights
- Author:
- MASSIE Bert
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.7.99, 1999, p.17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author gives his qualified support to the government's disability campaign.
Disablism : another form of prejudice
- Author:
- STEVENS A.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 20.4.89, 1989, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Argues that it is time for social workers to critically assess their attitudes towards disabled people and to recognise how disablism affects services.
On the rampage
- Author:
- WHITFIELD Lyn
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 19.8.99, 1999, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Access for disabled people is rapidly climbing the agenda for the NHS as implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act draws near. Discusses what needs to be done, and what it will cost.
Material world?
- Author:
- REID Harry
- Journal article citation:
- Scope, October 1998, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
People with disabilities have more than just the barriers of the external world to cope with. They have the emotional and psychological issues of their disability and the world's reaction to it to deal with. The author, from the DART Project, asks if organisations dealing with disability are really taking a holistic approach to the needs of disabled people.
Training to disable prejudice
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 97, September 1995, pp.17-18.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
Reports on a training scheme, Disability Equality Training which is a way for non-disabled people to understand the social and political issues that affect disabled people.
Disability, health and access to training
- Author:
- FUMAGALLI Laura
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 58p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Providing adequate training for disabled people is a major objective of recent legislation against discrimination in the labour market for the UK. Using data from the 2004 British workplace employee relations survey, this detailed study analyses the determinants of training for disabled workers both at the individual and at the firm level – in terms of the likelihood of workers being trained by their employers and the length of training received. The findings conclude that disability can reduce the probability of receiving training, but has negligible effect on the duration of training if it is received. The authors propose that the findings pose a challenge for policy makers, who must make it possible for each employee to declare his health status, but on the other hand must set up preventions aimed at discriminating against disabled people.
Disablism: how to tackle the last prejudice
- Authors:
- MILLER Paul, PARKER Sophia, GILLINSON Sarah
- Publisher:
- DEMOS
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 81p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This pamphlet starts from the lived experiences of disabled people. Based on a series of interviews with disabled individuals and representatives of government departments and disability organisations, it argues that the current legislation-dominated approach to bringing about positive social change is only a start on the journey to eradicating the subtle but sometimes life-destroying, impact of disablism. For too long debates have started from the basis of what disabled people can’t do rather than what they can do, often much better than nondisabled people. Rather than trying to solve inequalities one by one, the book makes the case for a different approach to achieving change. It recommends a strategy that does not always look to the courts or the government to make a difference. In order to eradicate discrimination, it is necessary to understand how positive change emerges in society on multiple levels, at different speeds and involving different people. This pamphlet argues that trading zones – new models of collaborative participation between existing institutions, could accelerate the pace of change by bringing together diverse groups of people on an equal basis to challenge disablism, the prejudice with no name.
What's so special? Teachers models and their realisation in practice in segregated schools
- Authors:
- ADAMS Joan, SWAIN John, CLARK Jim
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(2), March 2000, pp.223-245.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The concept of 'special' has played a crucial role in the development of educational policy and practice, and the meaning of the term has been the subject of far-reaching debates and controversy. This paper is based on research which explored the meaning of 'specialness' in theory and practice from the point of view of practitioners working in segregated schools, providing education for young people designated as having moderate and severe learning difficulties. The research demonstrates the articulation of the individual model of special in teachers' thinking about pupils, themselves and their relationships with pupils, and also in the learning environment provided for different categories of young people. The authors argue that the dominant discursive practices of practitioners construct and maintain 'otherness' in special education, and pre-empt alternative discourses.
The role of self-advocacy in work for people with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- SKELTON Judd, MOORE Michele
- Journal article citation:
- Community Work and Family, 2(2), August 1999, pp.133-145.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article explores the relationship between self-advocacy and work for people with learning difficulties. Explorations are based mainly on participant observation study in which members of a self-advocacy group for people with learning difficulties included the researcher in their regular meetings. Discussions about work, most broadly defined as meaningful activity which makes a contribution to society, emerged as a preoccupations.
Sense and sensitivity
- Author:
- DOBSON Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.5.96, 1996, p.21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Many feel the Disability Discrimination Act did not go far enough. The author discovers that deaf-blind people's needs are often overlooked by the Act.