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How disabled people manage in the workplace
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Research on disabled people and employment has previously focused on the barriers to getting and keeping work, the connection between work and benefits, or policy analysis of rehabilitation, workplace disability management and retaining people in work. Little attention has been paid to how disabled people who are in employment manage to survive or indeed thrive in the workplace. This study explored the strategies used by disabled workers to get by in the workplace, and looked at the nature and role of support received by disabled workers.
Still missing out?: ending poverty and social exclusion; messages to government from families with disabled children
- Author:
- SHARMA Neera
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- Ilford
This report argues that the government should establish a minimum income standard which includes targeted support to meet extra essential costs of caring for a disabled child. It also suggests that national awareness campaign on disability should be developed and that the housing policy for disabled children be reviewed.
Cash on the nail
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.10.96, 1996, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how at last, after years of campaigning, disabled people are entitled to cash payments rather than services. But some local authorities, often co-campaigners in that fight, now fear the arrangement could backfire.
Still missing out? the case studies: ending poverty and social exclusion; messages to government from families with disabled children
- Author:
- SHARMA Neera
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 51p.
- Place of publication:
- Ilford
Despite changes to disability benefits and other services many of Britain's 360,000 disabled children and young people still live in poverty and are socially excluded from their communities. This report details interviews with 17 families with disabled children to find out more about the issues facing them and what impact if any government policies have had on their lives.
Disability and the law
- Authors:
- COOPER Jeremy, VERNON Stuart
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 324p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the consequences of disability within a legal framework, clearly explaining rights, laws, and issues. Covers: the legal definition of disability; rights and entitlements to housing, employment, goods, services and social security; the implications of the Children Act 1989 for disabled children; and a comparative study of legislation in other countries.
ASK information service for parents of children with special needs
- Editors:
- BRICKLEY Pat, CATCHPOLE Jane
- Publisher:
- ASK
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 197p.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
Handbook and directory of information for parents of children with special needs living in Norfolk. Includes sections on: health; under 5's; education; social services; social security; information and advice; holiday and travel; play and leisure; and voluntary organisations.