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The handbook of children's rights: comparative policy and practice
- Editor:
- FRANKLIN Bob
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 261p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Collection of papers on recent developments in children's rights in British and international settings. Brings together contributions from academics, social welfare practitioners, educationalists, child psychologists and politicians.
A brief guide to the Disability Discrimination Act
- Author:
- DISABILITY ON THE AGENDA
- Publisher:
- Disability On the Agenda
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Outlines: what the Act does; who is affected by it; the new rights for disabled people; other measures in the Act; and when the new measures begin.
Disability Discrimination Act: consultation document: guidance on matters to be taken into account in determining questions relating to the definition of disability
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (as amended), the Government can publish statutory guidance which provides advice on matters to be taken into account by adjudicating bodies, such as courts and tribunals, when they are determining whether a person is a disabled person for the purposes of the Act. The existing guidance was written in 1996 and is now being revised and updated. The closing date for responses to this consultation document was 31 October 2005
The law, rights and disability
- Editor:
- COOPER Jeremy
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 317p.,bibliog.s
- Place of publication:
- London
Includes chapters on: working in partnership with disabled people; changing attitudes to the rights of people; improving the civil rights of people with disabilities through international law; improving the civil rights of people with disabilities through domestic law; the legal regulation of the powers and duties of local authorities with regard to disabled people; the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; disability, housing and homelessness; disability and mental health law; disabled children; and messages from disability research for law, policy and practice.
Out of services: a survey of local service provision for elderly and disabled people in England
- Authors:
- FRAZER Rosemary, GLICK Georgia
- Publisher:
- Needs Must
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 32p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Needs Must is a coalition of more than thirty organisations campaigning to restore people's rights to community care. This research report presents findings from a study of changes to the services people receive since the Gloucestershire judgement in March 1997.
Disability rights in practice: the relationship between human rights and social rights in contemporary social care
- Author:
- ELLIS Kathryn
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 20(7), December 2005, pp.691-704.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Using the contemporary arena of social care as an example, this article challenges the either/or dichotomy set up by some disability writers and activists between the favoured civil and human rights on the one hand and discredited social rights on the other. This article draws on the example of social care in England to argue that this is an approach that not only misreads the true nature of civil and human rights, but also limits the possibilities for using the 1998 Human Rights Act to place pressure on both local authorities and professional assessors for the resources necessary to transform civil and human rights into practical realities. In particular, the potential for expanding disabled people’s social rights to both direct services and direct payments by enforcing the positive obligations on public authorities conferred by human rights legislation and challenging rationing regimes.
Disability equality: making it happen; first review of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 92p.
- Place of publication:
- Stratford upon Avon
Legislation alone cannot create equality or change attitudes. However, it can set clear standards of acceptable behaviour and provide redress for individuals who have suffered injustice at the hands of others. The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) was the first formal acknowledgement in law of the existence of disability discrimination and the need for legal remedies to counter it. In this sense, the DDA has undoubtedly been a milestone rather than a millstone, to echo some of the comments of the time. Nevertheless, it was – and remains – limited in comparison with a full civil rights vision and flawed in some fundamental ways. The DDA has already been significantly strengthened since its passage in 1995. The Disability Rights Commission was established in April 2000 and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 remedied one of the most substantial gaps in the law.
Community care and disabled people's rights: training project
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL WORK
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A training project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation was set up to provide training for disabled people on their rights under community care legislation and to train a smaller group of disabled people to run courses for care mangers.
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.
Social services law
- Author:
- WILLIAMS John
- Publisher:
- Fourmat
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 338p.
- Place of publication:
- London