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Age and disability: explaining the wage differential
- Authors:
- GANNON Brendon, MUNLEY Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 69(1), July 2009, pp.47-55.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This paper estimates the level of explained and unexplained factors that contribute to the wage gap between workers with and without disabilities, providing benchmark estimates for Ireland. It separates out the confounding impact of productivity differences between disabled and non-disabled, by comparing wage differentials across three groups, disabled with limitations, disabled without limitations and non-disabled. Furthermore, data are analysed for the years 1995–2001 and two sub-samples pre and post 1998 allow us to decompose wage differentials before and after the Employment Equality Act 1998. Results are comparable to those of the UK and the unexplained component (upper bound of discrimination) is lower once we control for productivity differences. The lower bound level depends on the contribution of unobserved effects and the validity of the selection component in the decomposition model.
Defying disability: the lives and legacies of nine disabled leaders
- Author:
- WILKINSON Mary
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 224p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book describes nine disabled people who, by force of personality and concrete achievement, are said to have made us think differently about disability, not hiding their impairment, like Franklin D. Roosevelt, or brushing it aside, like David Blunkett, but acknowledging it as part of them: Bert Massie, public servant; Jack Ashley, politician; Rachel Hurst, activist/campaigner; Tom Shakespeare, academic; Phil Friend, entrepreneur; Peter White, broadcaster; Mat Fraser, actor/performer; Andrew Lee, activist/campaigner; and Tanni Grey-Thompson, athlete, ending with a chapter asking what they have in common, where they differ, and their overall impact.
What happens to people before and after disability? Focusing effect, lead effects and adaptations in different areas of life
- Author:
- POWDTHAVEE Nattavudh
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 69(12), December 2009, pp.1834-1844.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Data from the British Household Panel Survey is used to examine what happens to people in seven areas of life with regard to when and to what extent these areas are affected by mild and severe disability. The longitudinal survey asked mildly and seriously disabled respondents to indicate how satisfied they were with their health, income, housing, partner, job, social life and the amount and use of leisure time. Analysis of the results implies that while adaptation to mild disability seems to be complete within three years of occurrence, there is little evidence of quick adaptation to serious disability. It also reveals some lead effects to becoming disabled in terms of income, housing, partner, social life and use of leisure time, although the patterns of these are not as clear cut as observed in the health domain. The paper offers a statistical model, which could be used in future to investigate life events other than health issues, such as marriage and unemployment.
Pilots aim high for short break success
- Author:
- PARSONS Emma
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.3.09, 2009, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes how Derbyshire Council and Gloucestershire Council used government funding to improve their short breaks services for disabled children and their families.
Personalisation for someone with a physical disability
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Place of publication:
- London
This video introduces Stephen Page, a man with Multiple Sclerosis. He emphasises how important it is that he can relate to his PA and chat with her as well as receiving personal assistance and help with basic tasks. Maintaining his social and cultural life is very important to Stephen and having a personal budget has enabled him to continue to attend events which help him to lead his chosen life and preserve his personal identity. He is a creative and talented person who needs to maintain his interests and activities for his own well-being. Stephen emphasises that personalisation can support people as individuals.
A contextual analysis of caregivers of children with disabilities
- Author:
- WASHINGTON Leon
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 19(5), July 2009, pp.554-571.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Caring for children with disabilities takes an excessive amount of time and energy and places the carers under extreme stress, and often results in the family’s financial resources, personal well-being, self identity, and social networks being negatively affected, which in many cases, places the child at risk for maltreatment. This study explored the issues a caregiver faces when caring for his or her child, specifically the contextual factors that might affect a caregiver’s adaptation process that could possibly lead to maltreatment. In this contextual analysis, seven caregivers of children with moderate-to-severe disabilities completed a questionnaire, were interviewed individually, and assisted the researcher in constructing an ‘ecomap’ of their current living environment. Discussing subjects such as support from family and friends, stress, and spirituality, content from the interviews was analysed and several themes developed from the data, notably relationships between the carers and others within the family and greater community, leading to social isolation. Implications for clinical practice and future research ideas are discussed.
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.
MS: challenges and strategies
- Authors:
- EVERINGTON Shanta, BLOOMFIELD Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood International, 67, Winter 2009, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- National Centre for Disabled Parents
Jo Bloomfield, a mother with MS, from Bedford, UK talks about some of the challenges of parenting with multiple sclerosis (MS) and about her experiences of accessing her sons’ school as a disabled parent.
Navigating healthcare: gateways to cancer screening
- Authors:
- DEVANEY Julie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 24(6), October 2009, pp.715-726.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The first phase in the Gateways to Cancer Screening project - a user-driven participatory research project that examines barriers and facilitators to preventive cancer screening for women with physical mobility disabilities is reported. Through a systematic review of the literature it was found, despite the fact that women with disabilities have the same biological risk of developing cancer as non-disabled women, women with mobility impairments face systemic, architectural, procedural and attitudinal barriers to preventive cancer screening. The goals of the project are to identify barriers and facilitators to screening, identify the gaps in the existing literature related to issues of diversity and ultimately set the stage for disabled women to effect change through the telling of their own stories.
Disabled children and health: campaign briefing from the Every Disabled Child Matters campaign
- Author:
- FRANKLIN Louise
- Publisher:
- Every Disabled Child Matters
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The past two years have seen a new focus in the government's approach to children's health - the NHS Operating Frameworks for 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 state that children should be one of the four national priorities for the NHS. Disabled children use NHS services significantly more than other children, yet they and their families consistently report poor experiences of both universal and specialist health services. This briefing paper sets out the case for further action to ensure the health needs of disabled children are appropriately met. It includes a number of recommendations for action at local and national level.