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Promising the world
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.02.05, 2005, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The document 'Improving the life chances of disabled people' sets out the governments vision disabled people to improve quality of life and ensure disabled people are respected and included as equal members of society. The long term strategy is outlined under four main headings: independent living; support for families of young disabled children; transition into adulthood; support and incentives for getting and staying in employment. Discusses whether the plan can deliver.
Professional accounts of services for disabled children in the context of the 1990s Finnish economic recession
- Author:
- VEHKAKOSKI Tanja
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 19(5), August 2004, pp.501-518.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study examines professional accounts of services for disabled children and the ideologies behind those services in the context of the European economic crisis of the 1990s. The study is based on interview data which were collected among professionals of municipal and central government sectors working in the same Finnish town. The methodological starting-point is that of critical discourse analysis (CDA). The professionals first suggest in their discourse that their services are provided on the basis of uncontrollable, general framework, and ideal professional- or client-based principles, but accounts are recorded in which services were rendered which were in conflict with these ideal ideologies. The study concludes that the discourse of the professionals involved in the study consists of various, conflicting accounts and ideologies.
Participation for a change: disabled young people lead the way
- Author:
- BADHAM Bill
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 18(2), April 2004, pp.143-154.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Virtually every Government programme for children and every Government Department in the UK is expected to involve children and young people in its policy development and service delivery (Children and Young People's Unit, 2001). It is the new orthodoxy. Yet, hard questions are often avoided when reciting the mantra of participation. Why bother? What has changed as a result? This paper first seeks to explore the constraints and limitations of this drive in public policy in England. Secondly, by looking at one specific example, it considers elements of practice to enable participation to be effective as a catalyst for change. Third, it proposes a framework that sets out an agenda for social inclusion that is itself influenced by children and young people and not reliant on the changing and often clashing fashions in Government.
Social security
- Author:
- VAUX Gary
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 16, October 2003, pp.63-68.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Looks at research from the Department of Work and Pensions into the impact of the range of 'back to work' measures introduced by the government and the particular issues facing lone parents from ethnic minority communities in Britain. Finally, discusses at research from the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) into the position of disabled job seekers.
Higher benefits and better indicators need to cut poverty claim charities
- Author:
- WELLARD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.10.03, 2003, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the governments progress so far in tackling poverty light of its fifth annual poverty report 'Opportunity for all'. Also highlights areas that are not included in the poverty indicators.
Can it work?
- Author:
- STANLEY Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.7.03, 2003, p.38.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors argue that the government's Jobcentre Plus initiative is inadequate to meet the change of enabling disabled people to enter the jobs market. The author draws on her work for the Institute for Public Policy Research and looks at some of the additional efforts that need to be made.
Open season
- Author:
- MORGAN Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 24.04.03, 2003, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Every health care trust is required to conduct an audit of disability access at its premises. This article considers the less obvious things to take into account, and how staff can be made aware of the key issues.
What we need is full civil rights legislation
- Author:
- ASPIS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 17(2), 2003, pp.5-6.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Critically evaluates the draft Disability Discrimination Bill. Argues that it is unlikely that it will strengthen the civil rights of disabled people.
Exclusion still the norm for young disabled people
- Author:
- DOBSON Alex
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.09.20, 2001, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Tackling social exclusion is the cornerstone of New Labour's policy on care. But a ground-breaking report from disability charity Scope reveals that disabled young people with high support needs are still being excluded from society.
Learning if policy will work: the case of new deal for disabled people
- Author:
- WALKER Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Policy Studies, 21(4), December 2000, pp.314-332.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The New Labour government is committed to the piloting and evaluation of its welfare to work policies prior to full national implementation. An example is the Personal Adviser component of its New Deal for Disabled People, which aims to increase levels of paid employment and employability among disabled people of working age. Taking the Personal Adviser pilots as a case study, the article discusses issues that arise when designing policy evaluations to inform national policy decisions and implementation, including randomisation, discrepant time scales, and 'cherry picking'. Whether the new relationship between British politicians and policy evaluators can continue to blossom is debatable.