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Still discriminated against after all these years
- Author:
- MORGAN Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Scope, December 1996, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
The Disability Discrimination Act became law on 2 December. It has been met with deep suspicion and even outright hostility. Investigates the reactions of disabled people in Northern Ireland.
A pathway through the disabilities maze
- Author:
- JONES Ray
- Journal article citation:
- ADSS News, 5(5), August 1996, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Association of Directors of Social Services
Looks at the Disabilities Discrimination Act and why the Act is seen to be limited in terms of its benefit to disabled people and their continuing demand for a Bill of Rights.
Too little too late
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.1.96, 1996, p.19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 has been heavily criticised by most disability groups for inadequately addressing the impact of discrimination upon them. Reports on why disabled people feel let down by the Act.
Friday - the thirteenth time
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.3.94, 1994, p.18.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The second reading of Labour MP, Roger Berry's Civil Rights (Disabled Persons) Bill is the thirteenth attempt in 15 years to get anti-discrimination legislation passed. Considers the likelihood of the law being changed and draws attention to implications for social services if it were passed.
A comparative study of social policy transfer: the adoption of anti-discrimination policy in the United Kingdom and Australia
- Author:
- LIGHTFOOT Elizabeth
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy Journal, 1(4), 2002, pp.5-21.
- Publisher:
- Haworth Press
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton, New York
Both the United Kingdom and Australia engaged in social policy transfer of anti-discrimination policy for people with disabilities in the 1990s with the adoption of new legislation whose structure and approach originated in the United States a decade earlier. This paper focuses on the extent of the convergence of disability policies between each country and the USA, and the variables that affected social policy transfer in each nation. By using a comparative approach, this paper allows for a better understanding of the processes and constraints involved in transferring social policy across nations. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Put the bite into disability rights
- Author:
- MASSIE Bert
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.7.99, 1999, p.17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author gives his qualified support to the government's disability campaign.
Rights, entitlements and expectations
- Author:
- HARDING Tessa
- Journal article citation:
- NISW Noticeboard, Autumn 1995, p.5.
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
Describes a project of the Policy Unit of the National Institute for Social Work which pursues the issues of the rights of individuals and the need for coherent legislation in forthcoming weeks.
The great advance...?
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.12.94, 1994, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Minister for Disabled People William Hague in launching proposals for the new Disability Bill, hailed it as 'the greatest advance for disabled people in the history of this country'. Finds out the opinions of people in the disabilities field.
Benign neglect
- Author:
- SUTTON Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.2.92, 1992, p.9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the guillotining of the Private Members Bill introduced by MP Alf Morris and the future for anti-discriminatory legislation and practice.
The Americans with Disabilities Act
- Author:
- ANDERSON R.
- Journal article citation:
- Access by Design, 55, May 1991, pp.11-12.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Accessible Environments
Offers an overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which outlaws discrimination against disabled people, and discusses its impact on physical access.