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Stepping stones to quality: a step-by-step guide to monitoring and evaluating the disability information service
- Authors:
- OWEN Bob, ROLPH Jenny, THOMPSON Andrew
- Publisher:
- Devon Disability Information and Advice Federation
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 1v.,looseleaf.
- Place of publication:
- Plymouth
Practical 10 step guide describing the different principles and practices that are involved in monitoring and evaluating the disability information service. Centres looked at are: generalist centres; hearing and sight centre; and independent living centre.
Impact of the national minimum wage on disabled people
- Authors:
- SCHNEIDER Justine, SIMONS Ken, EVERATT Greg
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 16(5), August 2001, pp.723-747.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The survey reported here found disparities in the impact of the introduction of the National Minimum Wage on disabled people. These were associated with age, gender, impairment and type of employment setting. The main determinant of whether individuals gained from the NMW was their status as claimants of welfare benefits. The authors also found evidence that paid hours had been reduced to implement the NMW with no net increase in earnings, possibly to enable people to enable people to retain benefits entitlements. They make recommendations about how the anomalies can be tackled. It may be unrealistic to expect the Act to have been implemented fully so soon after it became law and some of the anomalies found may eventually disappear. However, many of the inequalities uncovered by this survey are not addressed by the NMW, specifically those inequalities associated with impairment and gender.
Shaping the future: the educational experiences of 5-16 year old blind and partially sighted children and young people
- Authors:
- FRANKLIN Anita, et al
- Publisher:
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 185p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Based on the RNIB's survey of the experiences of visually impaired children and young people, this covers topics such as type of school attended, provision for special needs, reading media and equipment, access to the national curriculum and examinations, mobility lessons, bullying, careers advice and what young people think makes a good school. Separate data is provided for pupils with complex additional needs.
Shaping the future: social life and leisure activities of blind and partially sighted children and young people aged 5-25
- Authors:
- KEIL Sue, et al
- Publisher:
- Royal National Institute for the Blind,|royal national institute|Royal National
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 223p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Part of a larger survey of blind and partially sighted children and young people. This volume focuses on leisure activities and the social lives of the young people surveyed. The survey looked at: leisure activities after school and outside school; public transport; friendships; attitudes of other people; what the children and young people thought could be done to make their lives easier; information needs of parents; implications for policy; children and young people with additional complex needs; and students with learning difficulties who are blind or partially sighted..
Shaping the future: the experiences of blind and partially sighted children and young people in the UK; summary report
- Authors:
- COLE-HAMILTON Issy, VALE Dan
- Publisher:
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 91p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Survey of blind and partially sighted children and young people between five and twenty-five, which examines their experiences of education, social and leisure activities, transport and mobility, health care and the attitudes and awareness of others. Makes recommendations for better future practice.