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Lives and times: practice, policy and people with disabilities
- Editors:
- WALSH Patricia Noonan, GASH Hugh
- Publisher:
- Rathdown
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 333p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Bray, County Wicklow
Most of the people with intellectual disabilities alive at the start of this century will grow into middle and old age. Increasingly, they will attend school, live, work, enjoy social life and retire alongside their peers in their own communities. These social changes are the result of government policies in Ireland, the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe, and mirror global trends. In addition, fresh thinking about good practice in providing supports for people with intellectual disabilities is founded on a human rights perspective and in research evidence. Major changes in policy and practice have increased demands for new approaches to teaching and professional development. One result is a proliferation of interdisciplinary courses in the field of disabilities at third-level institutions.
European disability pension policies: 11 country trends 1970-2002
- Editor:
- PRINZ Christopher
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 426p.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
During the last twenty years, the longer-term sustainability of social insurance systems has become a major issue in all European countries. Analysts and governments are increasingly alarmed at the growth in the number of disability benefit recipients, and the expansion of disability benefit schemes via increasing benefits, broadening coverage and easing access.While policy measures differ widely, policy goals tend to converge. This book analyses and compares the often controversial disability benefit policies in eleven European countries, examining their rationale, impact and outcome, and the direction of reform in the future. Iesearchers and students generally.
A global perspective on social security programmes for disabled people
- Authors:
- DIXON John, HYDE Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(5), August 2000, pp.709-730.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
By the mid-1990s, 163 countries had statutory general disability programmes. Most have adopted social insurance as their primary policy instrument, which restricts coverage to those in paid formal employment, make benefit eligibility dependent upon the satisfying of specific minimum contribution period requirements and provides earnings-related pensions. Many countries also provide supplementary and special need benefits. Programme funding comes overwhelmingly from employer and employee contributions, with a majority of countries providing government subsidies. Using a methodology that assesses national statutory social security intensions, ranking of these disability programmes reveals that Australia has the best designed one.
The costs of control
- Author:
- WELLARD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.1.99, 1999, p.23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Disabled people have welcomed the proposal in the social services White Paper to extend direct payments. Compares the government's proposals with those of the rest of Europe.
Helping disabled people at work
- Author:
- McGINNIS Brian
- Journal article citation:
- ReHab NetWork, 48, Winter 1997, pp.11-14.
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
Presents some of the key findings from the recently published report, 'Helping disabled people to work: a cross-national study of social security and employment provisions'. The report looks at the UK in comparison with Australia, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden.
Equal opportunities for people with disabilities: a European Action Plan: communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
- Author:
- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
- Publisher:
- Commission of the European Communities
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
The Commission says that its three operational objectives are: "achieving full application of the Equal Treatment in Employment and Occupation Directive and launching the debate on the future strategy to combat discrimination; successful mainstreaming of disability issues in relevant Community policies and existing processes; improving 'Accessibility for all' ". Commenting on the objectives, the Commission says that it will monitor Member States' transposition of the Equal Treatment Directive, the implementation of which is the core element in the Commission's overall approach to disability. The Commission also intends to issue a consultation paper in Spring 2004 on the future strategy for combating discrimination, including the challenges posed by the enlargement of the EU. The Commission says that its "mainstreaming strategy" implies integrating the disability perspective into every stage of the policy processes. Accessibility to goods, services and the built environment is a central issue for people with disabilities. The Commission intends to promote technical and other standards to give effect to "accessibility for all". The Commission identifies four priority areas for intervention in phase one: access to employment; lifelong learning; use of new technologies to empower people with disabilities; accessibility to the built environment, including public transport.