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Social security, disability and work
- Authors:
- ACHESON Nick, HAGAN Judith
- Journal article citation:
- Scope, November 1997, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
Looks at the benefits system for people with disabilities.
Investing in disabled people: a strategy from welfare to work
- Author:
- HOWARD Marilyn
- Publisher:
- Disablement Income Group
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 2 booklets in pack.
- Place of publication:
- London
Discusses and recommends options for eliminating the financial disincentives within the social security system which discourage disabled people wanting to work and creating instead the incentives which may encourage them back into employment.
Keys to the workplace: skills and supports for people with disabilities
- Authors:
- CALLAHAN Michael J., GARNER J. Bradley
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 290p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
Presents an easy to implement process for developing jobs for disabled people. Includes chapters on: the role of values in employment; individual planning; dynamic support; the role of families in the employment process; friendships, relationships and human nature; building a foundation for skills and supports; individualised job development; assessing and utilising the culture of workplaces to support employees with disabilities; strategies for organising information and collecting data; and strategies for motivating people.
'Neither comprehensive nor enforceable'
- Author:
- ELLIS Brenda
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 117, September 1997, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
The author gives a concise but critical guide to the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act.
Vocational rehabilitation and Europe
- Editor:
- FLOYD Michael
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 132p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines contrasting solutions in Europe and the United States for improving employment opportunities for disabled people. Looks at: services disabled people need to help them get back to work; the impact of the Maastricht Treaty; lessons learned from the first Horizon programme and the second Helios programme; and recent developments in services and legislation in the United States.
DART bared
- Author:
- MATRIX Dot
- Journal article citation:
- Scope, November 1997, pp.15-17.
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
Reports on the DART initiative currently operating in Northern Ireland which seeks to address the discrimination and social exclusion faced by people with disabilities.
Shared doubts
- Author:
- NOBLE Laura
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.10.97, 1997, p.11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the role of the private sector in the disability benefit system reforms.
Body armour
- Authors:
- SPOWART-TAYLOR Ann, PROUD Stephanie
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 5.6.97, 1997, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Argues that definitions of disability under the recent legislation which makes discrimination against disabled people unlawful are proving complex and confusing. Attempts to clarify the issues.
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995
- Author:
- PARKER Camilla
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 84, March 1997, p.28.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Gives a brief guide to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995.
Discrimination. Will the act help?
- Author:
- LETTS Penny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 10(3), January 1997, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Describes the main provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act, when they come into force and the main criticisms of the Act. Argues that it has been left to disabled people themselves and the organisations representing them to interpret the complex rules that make up the Act.