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Social security, disability and work
- Authors:
- ACHESON Nick, HAGAN Judith
- Journal article citation:
- Scope, November 1997, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
Looks at the benefits system for people with disabilities.
Participants or recipients - disabled people's involvement in a European programme
- Authors:
- POWELL Jackie, LOVELOCK Robin
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 27(4), August 1997, pp.565-583.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Drawing on an evaluative study of UK participation in a European disability programme (HELIOS I), this article explores the extent to which, and the ways in which, disabled people were involved in the programme as active participants. The findings draw attention to the different perspectives of the programme's various stakeholders and are discussed in relation to two broader themes. The first of these is the involvement of disabled people themselves in any programme aiming to promote the full participation of disabled people in society. The second is the role and value of formalised networks as a means of promoting information exchange and learning as a prerequisite for promoting change in individuals and change in organisations.
Forcing the issue
- Author:
- BENNETT Fran
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.7.97, 1997, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how meaningful the government's welfare reform strategy is for those who are socially excluded, through old age, sickness, disability or their responsibilities as carers. The author considers the alternatives.
Integration and inclusion: illusion or progress in services for disabled people?
- Author:
- NORTHWAY Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 31(2), June 1997, pp.157-172.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Analyses the meanings of "integration" and "inclusion" in the context of disability services to determine the extent to which the latter signals a change in perspective rather than simply a change in terminology. It is argued that integration implies that disabled people need to be integrated into "mainstream" society and that it is they rather than society which is required to change. Concludes that while barriers exist, they should not in themselves provide a reason for inaction as an understanding of the implications of inclusion for policy and practice can provide a useful starting-point from which to bring about change.
Personal accounts: involving disabled children in research
- Author:
- BERESFORD Bryony
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office/University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 107p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reviews the methods used to access the views and experiences of disabled children, including those with speech and learning difficulties. The methodological review is placed in the context of the theoretical, moral and policy arguments that have promoted this shift towards child-centred research. The ethical implications of working directly with children are also considered.
At last, support without the stigma
- Author:
- SAPEY Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, December 1997, p.7.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Explains why social workers should actively support direct payments.
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".
When opportunity is the thing to be equalised
- Author:
- MICHAILAKIS Dimitris
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 12(1), February 1997, pp.17-30.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Discusses the goal set out by the United Nations in its Standard Rules on the Equalisation of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities. The objective 'equalisation of opportunities' means both to render unlawful discrimination against persons with disabilities in every area of society, and to eliminate those very discriminatory conditions in society which render real participation impossible. The two conflicting approaches to handicap, the individual-centred and the person-environment approach, are both visible in the Standard Rules. This article suggests that the individual-centred approach is structurally related with the understanding of equal treatment as a relationship with formal characteristics, no matter what the setting in which it occurs, while the person-environment approach is related with an active social policy emerging from an understanding of equal treatment as a question of substantial right. Concludes that there is thus a conflict inherent in the Standard Rules.
Poor show: a report which looks at the impact of our transport policies on poor people and outlines the way forward
- Author:
- STEWART John
- Publisher:
- ALARM UK
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 13p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Short report setting out the impact that transport policies have on poorer people. Issues looked at include: traffic noise; pollution; road crashes; denial of play space; car ownership; community severance; and how the situation can affect disabled people.
Understanding poverty
- Author:
- ALCOCK Pete
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 301p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
- Edition:
- 2nd
Provides a review of research on, and debates about, the problem of poverty in the 1990s. Covers the definition and measurement of poverty, its distribution and causes, and the development of anti-poverty strategy. Also looks at: the dynamics of deprivation; the 'underclass'; poverty in Europe and beyond; defining and measuring poverty; gender, racism, ageing and disability; social security policy; welfare rights; and the politics of poverty and the welfare state.