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Enabling disabled people to get to work
- Author:
- HODGE Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.10.98, 1998, p.13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues that the New Deal will give disabled people a more equal chance in the job market.
New requirements to make goods, facilities and services more accessible to disabled people: consultations on a new code of practice and regulations
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Employment, NATIONAL DISABILITY COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 4 booklets in pack.
- Place of publication:
- London
Set of consultation papers on the further implementation of Part three of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Duties of trade organisations to their disabled members and applicants: consultation on a code of practice
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Employment
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 2 booklets in pack.
- Place of publication:
- London
Personnel development in the field of disability with a focus on employment outcomes
- Author:
- McFARLANE Fred R.
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 13(4), September 1998, pp.575-585.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Discusses the key considerations for personnel development in the disability field with a focus on employment outcomes. Emphasises the role of support and facilitation by rehabilitation personnel as structures for inclusion. Discusses the fact that disabilities, like learning and change, are lifetime experiences for all of us. According, comprehensive personnel development must be attentive to the constituencies and the environment. Goes on to present the context for an educational framework for rehabilitation personnel.
Growing gains
- Authors:
- ROONEY Chris, CHAMBERLAIN M Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.2.98, 1998, p.21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors explain how the Leeds Young Adult Team supports young disabled people in the sometimes difficult move towards independence and adulthood.
Embodying the social: constructions of difference
- Editor:
- SARAGA Esther
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 223p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the problem of why we treat forms of social differences as if they were the consequences of biology. Treats difference as being produced by processes of social construction and addresses general questions about how to analyse these processes in relation to social differences, social problems, and social welfare. Also explores these in relation to patterns of social differentiation, using case studies of racialised differences, sexuality, and disability.
Equipped for equality
- Author:
- MARKS Olivia
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 68p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Aids and equipment can be the tools which ensure an independent lifestyle for disabled people. They can make the difference between active participation in and exclusion from society. This book argues that suitable equipment is a key to disabled people achieving equality.
Time to push disability issues higher up the agenda
- Author:
- BREWSTER Richard
- Journal article citation:
- NCVO News, 99, November 1998, p.10.
- Publisher:
- National Council for Voluntary Organisations
The government claims that addressing the rights of disabled people is high on its agenda. Asks whether it is doing enough to make a difference.
Government proposals for a Disability Rights Commission
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Integrate News, 71, October 1998, pp.17-20.
Provides a summary of the Governments' recently published White Paper 'Promoting disabled people's rights: creating a Disability Rights Commission for the 21st Century'.
Does the NHS deserve a golden celebration
- Authors:
- HIRST Judy, WELLARD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.7.98, 1998, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
As the NHS celebrates its 50th anniversary, the authors reflect on the service it offers and examines the experiences of vulnerable social groups.