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Glimmers of hope
- Author:
- BIRCH Julian
- Journal article citation:
- Roof, July 2001, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Shelter
Argues that the system designed to help disabled people adapt their homes can work brilliantly, but all too often it is failing them.
Opportunity or trap
- Author:
- JACKSON Ced
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 147, September 2000, p.18.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
Explains how the new system of Direct Payments to disabled people offers an opportunity for voluntary organisations to pioneer new services.
Enduring economic exclusion: disabled people, income and work
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Consecutive governments have implemented policies designed to promote employment opportunities for disabled people and direct more resources to those in greatest need. But what impact have these policies had over the last twenty years? Uses nationally representative surveys to examine the past and present position of disabled people of working age in the income distribution and the labour market. Presents the findings.
Welfare rights: juggling benefit options
- Author:
- BATEMAN Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.4.99, 1999, p.29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the rules which apply to people claiming benefits while working.
Support for disabled people: a response from the Children's Society
- Author:
- CRONIN Natalie
- Publisher:
- Children's Society
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Slow on the uptake
- Author:
- HUNTER Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.5.98, 1998, p.22.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the patchy record of local authorities implementing direct payments legislation.
The cost of childhood disability
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This study of the financial costs of bringing up a child with a severe disability brought together groups of parents to establish the minimum essential costs. Parents acted as their own 'budget standards committees', negotiating and agreeing the goods and services that they deemed to be necessary for disabled child to participate as fully as possible in the world around them. Outlines the finding of research conducted at the Centre for Research and Social Policy.
Benefit fails mentally ill people
- Author:
- WHITELEY Philip
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.9.96, 1996, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how the Disability Living Allowance is failing people with mental illnesses by focusing on people with physical disabilities.
Facilitating and supporting independent living: a guide to setting up a Personal Assistance Support Scheme
- Authors:
- SIMPSON Fidelity, CAMPBELL Jane
- Publisher:
- Disablement Income Group
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Handbook aimed at anyone wanting to set up a personal assistance support (PAS) scheme for disabled people who are managing their own personal assistance arrangements with the use of cash payments from local authorities.
Helping disabled workers: disability working allowance and supported employment; a report of research carried out by the Policy Studies Institute on behalf of the Department of Social Security
- Authors:
- ZARB Gerry, JACKSON Nigel, TAYLOR Phil
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 122p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reports on the findings of a research study examining whether there are eligible non-recipients or potential recipients of the Disabilities Workers Allowance (DWA) in supported employment, and how these people can be encouraged to claim DWA.