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Discrimination cases prove to be bitter sweet
- Author:
- FOTHERGILL Samantha
- Journal article citation:
- RADAR Bulletin, 284, September 1998, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
Two recent cases taken under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) provide much food for thought - one retained the highest compensation figure yet paid out under the Act, the other looks destined for the Court of Appeal. The author examines the arguments put forward by both sides and offers some advice for others who may be contemplating legal redress.
Services, but at a price
- Author:
- BURROWS Gideon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.3.01, 2001, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Carers and Disabled Children's Act 2000 promises carers flexibility. Looks at how this flexibility will come at a cost, because local authorities will be charging for carers' services.
Give them the money: is cash a route to empowerment
- Author:
- UNGERSON Clare
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 31(1), March 1997, pp.45-53.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Suggests it is important to unpack the notion of "empowerment" in community care so that the position of those who provide "hands-on" care is scrutinised alongside the empowerment of "users" of care. Considers the particular case of the forthcoming Direct Payments legislation. It is argues that both employers and employees in these care relationships are likely to be on low incomes, that the work is likely to be insecure and possibly unregulated, that there might be a problem of labour supply, and that in the long run, this form of employment might generate hardship for the workers so employed. Also considers other forms of reconciling the interests of both users and "carers".
Care or empowerment? a disability rights perspective
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 31(1), March 1997, pp.54-60.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article challenges the notion of "care", arguing that people who need support in their daily lives have been constructed as "dependent people". Instead, the author argues, if we want to empower people we must learn from the Independent Living Movement, from the people who struggled against segregation and insisted that access to personal assistance over which they have control is a civil rights issues. Argues that the new direct payments legislation is an important stage in the achievements of a civil rights movement in any work which they develop on issues which are not of mere academic interest but which concern people's rights to choice and control in their lives.
Taking charge
- Authors:
- MUNDAY Suzanne, SOFIO Maureen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.8.96, 1996, p.23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors argue that the Independent Living Fund is failing to assist the people it was set up to help.
Growing pains
- Author:
- WHITELEY Philip
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.1.96, 1996, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Disability groups have welcomed plans to legislate for direct payments so people can buy their own care. However, there are still widespread concerns the government's Bill does not go far enough.
Putting the cash upfront
- Author:
- TAYLOR Roy
- Journal article citation:
- ADSS News, 4(8), November 1994, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Association of Directors of Social Services
It is over two years since the ADSS unanimously supported the policy of direct payments to disabled people. Looks at developments in policy and practice which have sought to change the law and to empower disabled people through indirect schemes.
A shackle-free life
- Author:
- SUTTON Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.7.92, 1992, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a ten minute rule Bill which recently attempted to legalise direct payments to disabled people to buy in their own care services.
The impact of charging policy on the lives of disabled people: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Recent community care legislation and alterations to local authority funding arrangements have resulted in major to local authority charges for domiciliary care services. A new qualitative study by the authors of Social and Community Planning Research and The Disability Alliance examines disabled people's experiences of new and increased charges for local authority non-residential care. It looks at the choices that users make in the context of these changes and points to ways in which charging policy and practice might be improved.