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Disability rights: rhetoric and reality in the UK
- Authors:
- BARNES Colin, OLIVER Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 10(1), 1995, pp.111-116.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
After numerous attempts to get an anti-discrimination bill through Parliament the British Government have finally acknowledged that discrimination against this increasingly large and influential section of the community is a problem which can only be dealt with through legislative means. Presents a brief overview of these developments.
Institutional discrimination against disabled people and the campaign for anti-discrimination legislation
- Author:
- BARNES Colin
- Journal article citation:
- Critical Social Policy, 34, Summer 1992, pp.5-22.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Defines and describes institutional discrimination, discusses the influence of social policy and disabled people's collective response in the form of politicisation and the campaign for anti-discriminatory legislation.
Disabled people in Britain and discrimination: a case for anti-discrimination legislation
- Author:
- BARNES Colin
- Publisher:
- British Council of Organisations of Disabled People/Hurst & Co
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 282p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Clay Cross
Challenges the perception that disabled people are clients of social services. Outlines legislative action taken in other countries to ensure that disabled people have the same rights as others. Argues that in Britain we have failed to attack discriminatory practices because of the entrenched charity model of services. Includes chapters on: education; employment; social security; housing and transport; leisure and the influence of the media; and political life.