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Independent living and the Human Rights Act 1998
- Author:
- PARKER Camilla
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper has been commissioned by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC), the National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL) and Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). Its purpose is to assist the work of these three organisations in promoting independent living for disabled people by: identifying areas of social care policy and practice that are of relevance to independent living and the human rights of disabled people; considering the opportunities created by the Human Rights Act 1998 (the HRA) to promote independent living; and in the light of this analysis, suggesting future research in social care practice.
The future of equality and human rights in Britain: opportunities and risks for disabled people
- Authors:
- SAYCE Liz, O'BRIEN Nick
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 19(6), October 2004, pp.663-669.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The Government plans to introduce a new Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR), covering disability, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief and age. This presents both opportunities and risks for the achievement of disability equality. This paper analyses implications and proposes a long term disability rights agenda, geared to mainstreaming disability equality into the CEHR and major policy developments across Government. It suggests that the widest involvement of disabled people, policy makers and academics in the field of disability will be necessary to achieve this. The DRC will be very active in this work.
The centrality of impairment in the empowerment of people with severe physical impairments: independent living and the threat of incarceration: a human right
- Author:
- HOUSTON Stewart
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 19(4), June 2004, pp.307-321.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
To research what empowerment and independent living meant to physically impaired people with severe impairments, and to consider whether their understanding and interpretation of empowerment equates to the politically generated version of empowerment and independent living as described in the Direct Payments Act 1996. An important element of the research was to consider the issue of impairment in the empowerment of physically impaired people with severe impairments within current social models of disability, i.e. current field of disability studies the need for a social model of impairment. As the research progressed it became evident that the Direct Payments Act was not about empowerment, but rather a process of 'enablement' in which the principles of empowerment and independent living espoused by physically impaired people was fundamentally different to the politically-generated version inherent within the Act itself. The findings revealed that empowerment and independent living transcended the realms of the political rhetoric of 'enablement' and was seen as a rights issue in which 'the right to live in ones own home or accommodation within mainstream society and community without fear of incarceration in a residential institution' was accorded the status of a fundamental human right.
The new big fish
- Author:
- SALE Anabel Unity
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.6.04, 2004, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Asks for opinion of disability, race and human rights campaigners on the proposed Commission for Equality and Human Rights.
Right to education denied?
- Author:
- WARD Adrain D.
- Journal article citation:
- SCOLAG Journal, June 2004, p.97, 102.
- Publisher:
- ScoLAG(Scottish Legal Action Group)
Looks at the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 and argues that it has undermined the educational rights of children with additional support needs.
The future of equality: from human rights to consumer rights?
- Author:
- KAHN Omar
- Journal article citation:
- Runnymede Bulletin, 338, June 2004, pp.10-15.
- Publisher:
- Runnymede Trust
The author looks at three published reports which consider the form, functions and powers of the projected Commission on Equality and Human Rights (CEHR). The reports discussed are: the summary report of the CEHR Task Force; a report by Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights; and the Government's White Paper. The article aims to provide an overview of how each one approaches the issue of a single commission, and highlight remaining questions.
Does a single equality body need single equality legislation?
- Author:
- STANFORD John
- Journal article citation:
- RADAR Bulletin, 346, June 2004, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
Reports on Government plans for a single equality body or Commission for Equality and Human Rights. RADAR gives its views on the new body.