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Two nations
- Authors:
- LINEHAN Tim, GEORGE Mike, MASSIE Bert
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.8.94, 1994, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Considers the extent to which the government's consultation paper on tackling discrimination against disabled people meets the demands of the disabled rights lobby.
What we need is full civil rights legislation
- Author:
- ASPIS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 17(2), 2003, pp.5-6.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Critically evaluates the draft Disability Discrimination Bill. Argues that it is unlikely that it will strengthen the civil rights of disabled people.
Promoting disabled people's rights: creating a Disability Rights Commission fit for the 21st century: presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Education and Employment by Command of Her Majesty July 1998
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Employment
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- London
White paper seeking views of the Government's proposals on the role and functions of the Disability Rights Commission, which the Government is committed to establishing.
Working to rule
- Authors:
- THORNTON Patricia, LUNT Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.8.95, 1995, p.21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
By tailoring anti-discriminatory legislation for disabled people to the individual, the government has missed an opportunity to wipe away wider problems for disabled people in the workplace.
Disability rights: rhetoric and reality in the UK
- Authors:
- BARNES Colin, OLIVER Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 10(1), 1995, pp.111-116.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
After numerous attempts to get an anti-discrimination bill through Parliament the British Government have finally acknowledged that discrimination against this increasingly large and influential section of the community is a problem which can only be dealt with through legislative means. Presents a brief overview of these developments.
The price of independence
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.6.94, 1994, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The government's refusal to promote the rights of disabled people has resulted in widespread protest. Investigates whether implementing anti-discrimination legislation will cost the government dearly.
Another bill killed
- Author:
- WITCHER Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.3.93, 1993, p.11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The government has killed off the Disabled Persons (Civil Rights) Bill, a bill which would have legally enforced civil rights for disabled people. The recent bill was the latest in a long line of similar private member's bills. Examines hope for the future.
Decade of delay
- Author:
- HEALY Pat
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 3.12.92, 1992, p.10.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Reports on Jack Ashley's fight for disability rights as the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons draws to a close.
Benefits flexibility pilots - a chance to put the arguments to the test
- Author:
- SCOTT Judy
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 4(3), August 2000, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The arguments about loosening up the benefits system to allow disabled people to work and retain more of their benefits need testing and evaluation in practice if they are ever to be resolved. The government's encouragement of area based initiatives to help improve the health and wealth of deprived communities provides an opportunity to do just this. Outlines one scheme being put forward.
Disability rights task force and its recent recommendations on enforceable civil rights for people with disabilities
- Author:
- KONUR Ozcan
- Journal article citation:
- ReHab NetWork, 55/55, Winter 1999, pp.18-21.
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
Looks at the recommendations of the report "From Exclusion to Inclusion" which consolidates the work of the Disability Rights Task Force on Civil Rights for Disabled People.