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Penalised for having a job
- Author:
- UNITY Anabel
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.3.01, 2001, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Many disabled people want to earn a living and be as independent as possible. Asks why the government changed the criteria for Independent Living Fund grants and marked paid work less attractive.
Disability, work, and welfare: challenging the social exclusion of disabled people
- Authors:
- BARNES Colin, MERCER Geof
- Journal article citation:
- Work Employment and Society, 19(3), September 2005, pp.527-545.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article engages with debates relating to social policy and disabled people’s exclusion from the British labour market. Drawing on recent developments from within the disabled people’s movement, in particular, the concept of independent living and the social model of disability, and the associated disability studies literature, a critical evaluation of orthodox sociological theories of work, unemployment, and under-employment in relation to disabled people’s exclusion from the workplace is provided. It is argued that analyses of work and disability have failed to address in sufficient depth or breadth the various social and environmental barriers that confront disabled people. It is suggested that a reconfiguration of the meaning of work for disabled people - drawing on and commensurate with disabled people’s perspectives as expressed by the philosophy of independent living - and a social model analysis of their oppression is needed and long overdue.
Becoming adult: young disabled people speak
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This study of 72 young adults who have grown up with disability compares the experiences of a group who achieved independent households and jobs with groups of people who achieved one of these or neither. The study aimed to draw out the factors that enable and support disabled young people to move to independent adulthood.
The rough guide to managing personal assistants
- Author:
- VASEY Sian
- Publisher:
- National Centre for Independent Living
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 136p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Practical guide, aimed at disabled people, to managing direct payments and personal assistants. Includes chapters on: recruiting a personal assistant; managing the relationship; personal assistants and social life; guarding against dishonesty; and personal assistants and work.
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.
Employing personal assistants: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The Independent Living Project (Norfolk) was established in October 1993 to enable people with a physical disability to control their own arrangements for independent living and to employ personal assistants. The project acts as a broker of services. During its first year of operation a service was provided to 60 disabled people acting as employers and advice was offered to many more. An evaluation of the project reveals that the employment of personal assistants involves a complex range of legal, administrative and emotional issues.
Better life chances
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, March 2005, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Summarises some of the key points and recommendations from the government report 'Improving the life chances of disabled people'. Key recommendations include independent living, family support, transition services and increased employment opportunities.
Promising the world
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.02.05, 2005, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The document 'Improving the life chances of disabled people' sets out the governments vision disabled people to improve quality of life and ensure disabled people are respected and included as equal members of society. The long term strategy is outlined under four main headings: independent living; support for families of young disabled children; transition into adulthood; support and incentives for getting and staying in employment. Discusses whether the plan can deliver.
The development of direct payments in the UK: implications for social justice
- Authors:
- RIDDELL Sheila, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 4(1), January 2005, pp.75-85.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Direct payments have been heralded by the disability movement as an important means to achieving independent living and hence greater social justice for disabled people through enhanced recognition as well as financial redistribution. Drawing on data from the ESRC funded project Disabled People and Direct Payments: A UK Comparative Perspective, this paper presents an analysis of policy and official statistics on use of direct payments across the UK. It is argued that the potential of direct payments has only partly been realised as a result of very low and uneven uptake within and between different parts of the UK. This is accounted for in part by resistance from some Labour-controlled local authorities, which regard direct payments as a threat to public sector jobs. In addition, access to direct payments has been uneven across impairment groups. However, from a very low base there has been a rapid expansion in the use of direct payments over the past three years. The extent to which direct payments are able to facilitate the ultimate goal of independent living for disabled people requires careful monitoring.
Disability and transition to adulthood: achieving independent living
- Authors:
- HENDEY Nicola, PASCALL Gillian
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 47p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Both government and the disability movement advocate independent living for disabled adults. However, research has shown that young people growing up with disability face problems leaving the family home, and accessing housing, education, employment and income to meet their needs. The study examines what difficulties they faced in transition to adulthood and what helped them achieve this.