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DDA: Employment duties, two years on
- Author:
- MORTON Christina
- Journal article citation:
- Access by Design, 78, Spring 1999, pp.16-19.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Accessible Environments
Discusses how cases under Part II of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) relating to employers duties are now reaching the Employment Appeals tribunal, setting precedents which will have to be followed by employment tribunals throughout the UK. The author reviews some of the cases and identifies what tribunals might consider a 'reasonable adjustment' to be.
Only half an answer
- Author:
- HASLER Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 110, December 1997, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
Provides a brief guide to what is in the new Disability Discrimination Act, what it means for voluntary organisations, and why disabled people are still not satisfied.
Summary of a consultation on government measures to tackle discrimination against disabled people
- Author:
- ENABLE
- Publisher:
- ENABLE
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Summary of a document setting out the Governments policies for combating discrimination against disabled people.
Some are more equal than others: definitions of disability in social policy and discrimination law in Europe
- Author:
- MABBETT Debora H.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 34(2), April 2005, pp.215-233.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
This article explores the relationship between anti-discrimination policy and existing social policies directed towards disabled people. It proposes a conception of ‘spheres’ of social policy, in which different spheres advance different dimensions of equality. Within each sphere, definitions of disability are based on relevant comparisons which determine who should be recognised as disabled for the purposes of the policy. Examples of definitions are given using material from a cross-national European project. Examples are also given where social policies provide for disabled people without defining a disability category. The implications of these findings for anti-discrimination policy are drawn out, and problems in defining disability for the purposes of ‘fourth generation’ equality rights are identified. It is suggested that there are limitations to the extent that equality policy can be founded on non-discrimination principles, and that a more substantive equality policy for disabled people needs to learn from debates and experiences within social policy.
Disability Discrimination Act: from statute to practice
- Author:
- GOODING Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Critical Social Policy, 20(4), November 2000, pp.533-549.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article outlines the interpretation of the Disability Discrimination Act in the courts. It reports some early indications of employers' and service providers' responses to the new law, and considers some alternative explanations for its relatively limited impact. The author argues that more proactive measures need to be taken, with an explicit emphasis on achieving substantive, rather than merely formal, equality.
Act without authority
- Author:
- MAHONY Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 3.12.97, 1997, p.17.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
On its first anniversary, the author reports on the much maligned Disability Discrimination Act.
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No.1) Order 1995
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Shut out
- Author:
- KNIGHT John
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.12.94, 1994, p.16.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Leonard Cheshire Foundation's survey of service users reveals massive support for government action to outlaw discrimination against disabled people. Disabled people who took part in the survey expressed their views and spoke about - their experiences of discrimination, especially in employment.
Promoting best practice
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Disability Issues, 19, November 1994, pp.14-15.
Telford College in Edinburgh have been awarded a contract under the HELIOS programme to organise a programme of activities throughout the European Union to promote equal opportunities for disabled people.
A consultation on Government measures to tackle discrimination against disabled people
- Author:
- ENABLE
- Publisher:
- ENABLE
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 102p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Consultation paper setting out Government proposals for dealing with discrimination against disabled people. Issues looked at include: discrimination in the labour market; building regulations; access to goods and services; financial services; and the Government's role. Also details proposals for setting up a new independent advisory body for disabled issues.