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Opportunity blocks
- Author:
- BERESFORD Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.1.01, 2001, p.14.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author argues that society's attitude to work and benefits does much to deny disabled people access to quality job opportunities, education and enriching life experiences.
Disability and disadvantage: the consquences of chronic illness
- Author:
- LOCKER David
- Publisher:
- Tavistock
- Publication year:
- 1983
- Pagination:
- 220p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Access denied: disabled people's experience of social exclusion
- Authors:
- KNIGHT John, BRENT Martine
- Publisher:
- Leonard Cheshire
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a survey of disabled people and people with learning difficulties looking at how they are being excluded from participating fully in society by the attitudes of others.
Attitudes towards disabled staff and the effect of the National Minimum wage: a Delphi survey of employers and disability employment advisors
- Authors:
- SCHNEIDER Justine, DUTTON Jillian
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(3), May 2002, pp.283-306.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports on a Delphi study on a drawing on the expertise of a national sample of 100 employers of disabled people, and a similar number of Disability Employment Advisors (DEAs). It presents their existing attitudes towards disabled employees before analysing the effect of the NMW on these views. Differences between employers and DEAs were found in relation to the perceived costs and obstacles to employers of taking or retaining disabled staff, the problems presented by specific disabilities and the motivation shown by disabled staff. There was general agreement that the NMW has benefited disabled people by making low paid jobs better paid. Some disabled employees appear to have been adversely affected by the interaction of the interaction of the NMW with the Supported Placement Scheme (SPS, now Workstep) and the benefits system. Concludes that understanding employers' perspectives may facilitate the promotion of work opportunities for disabled people.
Reviewing changes to the child disability allowance: giving parents a voice
- Authors:
- STRATTON Katrina, DELANEY Joanna
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 53(2), June 2000, pp.5-11.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
A diabetes clinic at a hospital for children in Australia has been concerned at the impact of changes made in 1998 to eligibility for the Child Disability Allowance on families caring for a child with diabetes. A survey of those families was conducted to obtain their views on the changes. Results showed the number of families receiving Child Disability Allowance since the changes was significantly declined. The results formed part of a submission to the Department of Family and Community Services evaluation, giving parents a voice in this process. This project illustrates the capacity of social workers to attempt to impact on social policy within the context of their clinical practice.
Time to pass the buck
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.3.99, 1999, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The government's disability awareness campaign, See the Person, comes at the same time as disabled people face benefit cuts. Examines Labour's fine words and tightening purse strings.