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Self-employment in Athens: the Telecentre project
- Authors:
- CHAPLIN John, KOULOURIS Christos, KATAMI Christelena
- Journal article citation:
- ReHab NetWork, 35, Autumn 1994, pp.5-7.
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
TELECENTRE in Athens is a small business run and owned by eight young people with special needs. The aim is not to provide employment for people who are disadvantaged in work. The aim is to provide professional new-technology office bureau services. It is the result of a three year European Horizon project that has shown the possibility of expanding the employment opportunities for young people with disabilities in Greece.
Sheltered and supported employment in the 1990s: the experiences of disabled workers in the UK
- Author:
- HYDE Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 13(2), April 1998, pp.199-215.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Discusses how sheltered and supported employment are important areas of social policy provision for disabled people in the UK, but they have received little attention in the sociological literature on disability. This omission is addressed by developing a framework for understanding the state's employment policy for disabled people. It is argued that recent changes in sheltered and supported employment provision must be understood in the context of broader labour market restructuring. Concludes that an adequate approach to the employment needs of disabled people needs to go beyond micro-policy debates on the relative merits of existing employment programmes and, instead, engage at a broader level of societal change.