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What works and looking ahead: UK policies and practices facilitating employment of disabled people
- Author:
- THORNTON Patricia
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 67p.
- Place of publication:
- York
There is unprecedented policy commitment to raise the employment level of disabled people, as part of a wider strategy to tackle poverty, social exclusion, discrimination and welfare dependency. Government is committed to evidence-based policy making, and this paper brings together detailed evidence from robust and high quality research on ‘what works’.
A route out of poverty?: disabled people, work and welfare reform
- Editors:
- PRESTON Gabrielle, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 132p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Disability is both a cause and a consequence of poverty. Disabled people are more likely to be poor because they experience barriers to employment, high living costs, low wages, and inadequate benefits and tax credits. People living on a low income are also more likely to become disabled because of the close association between poverty and ill health. The book explores the evidence linking poverty and disability. Drawing on interviews conducted by CPAG, it also examines the experiences and attitudes of disabled parents to paid employment; whether disability benefits and support services are accessible, adequate and appropriate; and the impact government policy has had on their own and their children’s lives. The book is published in response to the Government’s Welfare Reform Green Paper, which aims to increase the employment rate of people who are sick or who have a disability and to reduce the number of people claiming incapacity benefit by one million. It argues that overcoming poverty is essential if the extent of disability and ill health is to be reduced. Support mechanisms, and the attitudes and behaviour of employers also need a major overhaul if welfare reform is to offer 2.7 million disabled adults and children a real route out of poverty.
Changing weights and measures: disability and child poverty
- Author:
- BURCHARDT Tania
- Journal article citation:
- Poverty, 123, Winter 2006, pp.6-9.
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
There has been a fall in child poverty from its peak of one in three children in 1998/99. The author looks at how children of disabled parents and disabled children themselves have fared relative to children not affected by disability.
Families with disabled children, benefits and poverty
- Author:
- PRESTON Gabrielle
- Journal article citation:
- Benefits, 14(1), February 2006, pp.39-43.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Families with disabled children are susceptible to poverty because low income is compounded by high costs. Combining caring with employment is extremely difficult, so families are heavily reliant on benefits. But do disability benefits provide financial security for families who are susceptible to high levels of poverty and social exclusion? This article outlines the findings of a qualitative study: Helter skelter: Families, disabled children and the benefit system. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 20 families, each of whom had a disabled child who had recently been awarded Disability Living Allowance (DLA), it investigates the impact this additional income has had on their lives.
Hidden benefit
- Author:
- SALE Anabel Unity
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.09.05, 2005, pp.50-51.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A disproportionate number of families with disabled children live in poverty. The author argues that the situation could be improved by publicising Disability Living Allowance and simplifying the 60-page application form.
Changing Britain for good: putting disability at the heart of public policy
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper sets out priorities for achieving a society in which all disabled people can participate fully as equal citizens. The report shows that disabled people have more housing problems, unemployment and general poverty, on average, than non-disabled people.
The dynamics of social exclusion in Europe: comparing Austria, Germany, Greece, Portugal and the UK
- Editors:
- APOSPORI Eleni, Millar Jane, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Edward Elgar
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 199p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cheltenham
This book reports findings from a study funded by the European Commission, using data from the European Community Household Panel, with a multi-dimensional approach to international comparisons of poverty and social exclusion. The research, compares four groups who are anticipated to be at particular risk of poverty and social exclusion; young adults, lone parents, the sick or disabled, and those retired from employment. Following individuals over a twelve month period, the analysis explores a wide range of indicators of poverty and social exclusion. These include low incomes, lack of household amenities, personal necessities and consumer durables, and the extent of social contact with friends, neighbours and membership of clubs or organisations. The contributors not only provide country-based data, locating empirical findings in the context of national policy, but also cross-national data, with implications for supranational policy.
The cost of mental and physical health disability in childhood and adolescence to families in the UK: findings from a repeated cross-sectional survey using propensity score matching
- Authors:
- SOLMI Francesca, MELNYCHUK Mariya, MORRIS Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- BMJ Open, 8(2), 2018, Online only
- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing Group
Objective In the UK, families of disabled children are entitled to receive disability benefits to help meet costs associated with caring for their child. Evidence of actual costs incurred is scant, especially for mental health disability. In this study, we aimed to quantify the cost of mental and physical health disability in childhood and adolescence to families in the UK using the concept of compensating variation (CV). Design: Repeated cross-sectional survey. Setting: The UK general population. Participants 85 212 children drawn from 8 waves of the Family Resources Survey. Outcomes: Using propensity score matching we matched families with a disabled child to similar families without a disabled child and calculated the extra income the former require to achieve the same living standards as the latter, that is, their CV. We calculated the additional costs specifically associated with several definitions of mental health and physical health disability. Results: Families of a child with any mental health disability, regardless of the presence of physical health comorbidity, needed an additional £49.31 (95% CI: 21.95 to 76.67) and, for more severe disabilities, an additional £57.56 (95% CI: 17.69 to 97.44) per week to achieve the same living standards of families without a disabled child. This difference was greater for more deprived families, who needed between £59.28 (95% CI: 41.38 to 77.18) and £81.26 (95% CI: 53.35 to 109.38) more per week depending on the extent of mental health disability. Families of children with physical health disabilities, with or without mental health disabilities, required an additional £35.86 (95% CI: 13.77 to 57.96) per week, with economically deprived families requiring an extra £42.18 (95% CI: 26.38 to 57.97) per week. Conclusions: Mental and physical health disabilities among children and adolescents were associated with high additional costs for the family, especially for those from deprived economic backgrounds. Means testing could help achieve a more equitable redistribution of disability benefit. (Edited publisher abstract)
Disability review 2009
- Authors:
- GREENHALGH Caroline, GORE Eleanor, (comps.)
- Publisher:
- Leonard Cheshire
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 64p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is the third of a series of annual UK wide surveys produced by Leonard Cheshire Disability. The principal objective of the Review is to assess the experiences of disabled people across a number of key areas of life including: education; employment; health and social care; housing; transport and citizenship. It was compiled using responses to a detailed questionnaire that was completed by 1253 people drawn from across the UK. Respondents experienced a range of different impairments, were aged over 18 and included a mix of men and women, single and married, parents and non-parents. They were drawn from nine ethnic groups and from all regions of the UK.
Children in Europe
- Author:
- RUXTON Sandy
- Publisher:
- NCH Action for Children
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 527p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes child welfare systems in all the EC member states and provides a guide to the institutions and legislative processes within the European Union as they affect children. Also includes detailed information on: family trends; family policy; caring for children; poverty and social exclusion; education; health; homelessness; youth justice; residential and foster care; adoption; disability; violence to children; migrants, refugees and race; child labour; and civil rights.