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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’.
Race equality
- Author:
- BUTT Jabeer
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 17, April 2004, pp.45-52.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Much still needs to be done to meet the support needs of disabled and deaf people from ethnic minorities. Looks at studies focusing in this area.
Poverty and disability: a survey of the literature
- Author:
- ELWAN Ann
- Publisher:
- World Bank
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 48p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Washington, DC
This review summarizes the literature on disability and its relationship to poverty, including education, employment, income, and access to basic social services. Despite the dearth of formal analysis, it is clear that in developing countries, as in more developed areas, disabled people (and their families) are more likely than the rest of the population to live in poverty. It is a two-way relationship -- disability adds to the risk of poverty, and conditions of poverty increase the risk of disability. Disability in developing countries stems largely from preventable impairments associated with communicable, maternal and perinatal disease and injuries, and prevention has to remain a primary focus. An increasing emphasis on community based participatory rehabilitation reflects growing recognition of the inadequacy of past official programs, particularly involving specialized and exclusionary institutions.
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.
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.
Child care, disability, and family structure: use and quality in a population-based sample of low-income preschool children
- Authors:
- PARISH Susan L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 27(8), August 2005, pp.905-919.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
The National Survey of America's Families (NSAF) was analyzed to examine the use and quality of child care of low-income preschool children with disabilities as contrasted to low-income nondisabled children. Family structure is a stronger predictor of child care use than disability status. Disabled and nondisabled children living with single parents show similarly elevated rates of participation in child care. Important differences were found in the use and quality of child care. Our findings related to the extremely low cost of care for disabled children living with single parents may suggest particularly deleterious developmental outcomes for these children. These findings suggest the need for child care subsidies directed at low-income disabled children and their families. Further, the protective enforcement of minimum standards of care may require further analysis.
Caught in a trap
- Authors:
- HARRISON Jill, WOOLEY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 8.03.05, 2005, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Reports on the findings of recent research which found that families with disabled children were much more likely to suffer high levels of indebtedness. In the research 836 families completed an online questionnaire on the Contact a Family website, while 1,007 families applying to the Family Fund completed a questionnaire at home. Summaries the findings and policy implications from the research.
Debt and disability: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Disabled people with problem debts regard the experiences of living with debt as the most significant aspect of their lives according to a new study. Debt was usually the result of a combination of circumstances, often directly associated with disability but in the context of low income. The research, by Linda Grant for the Sheffield Citizens Advice Bureaux Debt Support Unit, involved detailed interviews with disabled people who were having debt problem.
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.
Social security
- Author:
- VAUX Gary
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 17, April 2004, pp.65-72.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Looks at a number of research studies which highlight how difficult it can be to reduce social exclusion by improving benefit take-up.