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'Managing' disability: early experiences of university students with disabilities
- Author:
- GOODE Jackie
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 22(1), January 2007, pp.35-48.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Recent UK legislation, operational from December 2006, places a duty on all public authorities, including higher education institutions, to actively promote equality of opportunity for people with disabilities. The university studied here has a number of initiatives in place to develop good practice in this area, but how do students themselves experience that provision? Research about people with disabilities has sometimes alienated them by failing to reflect their own perspectives. This study, explicitly aimed at incorporating students' voices and using interview and video data, offers some insight into students' experiences of the aids and obstacles to an inclusive learning environment at one university.
Discrimination law handbook
- Authors:
- PALMER Camilla, et al
- Publisher:
- Legal Action Group
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 866p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
Since the publication of the first edition of Discrimination Law Handbook there have been major changes to anti-discrimination law, with new definitions and new rights against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, religion or belief and age. The scope of the Disability Discrimination Act has been increased and public authorities have new positive duties to promote disability equality and gender equality. There is far greater protection from discrimination both in employment and in other areas of people's lives, but never has it been more difficult to understand and advise on the law, scattered as it is in a variety of Acts, regulations, Codes of Practice and Directives. Written by a team of discrimination and law experts, Discrimination Law Handbook navigates this complex route map. It is the only fully comprehensive, up-to-date guide to anti-discrimination laws. It provides an unrivalled blend of authoritative guidance, detailed explanation of UK and EU law and practical, accessible advice.