Disabled People, Work and Welfare
Disabled People, Work and Welfare

Author: Grover, Chris

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2015-07

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1447318323

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This is the first book to challenge the idea that paid work should be seen as an essential means to independence and self-determination for the disabled. Writing in the wake of attempts in many countries to increase the employment rates of disabled people, the contributors show how such efforts have led to an overall erosion of financial support for the disabled and increasing stigmatization of those who are not able to work. Drawing on sociology and philosophy, and mounting a powerful case for the rights of the disabled, the book will be essential for activists, scholars, and policy makers.

The Declining Work and Welfare of People with Disabilities
The Declining Work and Welfare of People with Disabilities

Author: Richard V. Burkhauser

Publisher: AEI Press

Published: 2011-08-16

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 0844772178

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The U.S. disability insurance system is an important part of the federal social safety net; it provides financial protection to working-age Americans who have illnesses, injuries, or conditions that render them unable to work as they did before becoming disabled or that prevent them from adjusting to other work. An examination of the workings of the system, however, raises deep concerns about its financial stability and effectiveness. Disability rolls are rising, household income for the disabled is stagnant, and employment rates among people with disabilities are at an all-time low. Mary Daly and Richard Burkhauser contend that these outcomes are not inevitable; rather, they are reflections of the incentives built into public policies targeted at those with disabilities, namely the SSDI, SSI-disabled adults, and SSI-disabled children benefit programs. The Declining Work and Welfare of People with Disabilities considers how policies could be changed to improve the well-being of people with disabilities and to control the unsustainable growth in program costs.

Social Work with Disabled People
Social Work with Disabled People

Author: Michael Oliver

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-03-01

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1350313270

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Having gone through 30 years of development, the new edition of this highly-regarded classic is the most trusted companion for understanding and promoting the potential for social work with disabled people. It offers readers a clear introduction to the core issues of disability alongside discussion and assessment of the social worker's role. Written by an experienced and highly respected team of authors, the book reflects: - The latest updates, developments and policy changes - The broad range of areas needing to be understood for informed practice - Recent changes to the focus of social work education and practice - The Social Model of Disability, encouraging debate about its role in social work - Developments for independent living - The heightened importance of safeguarding issues, giving attention to the topical issue of disabilist hate crime Accessible to a broad readership and respected by disabled people themselves, this text is the foundation for effective practice.

Scapegoat
Scapegoat

Author: Katharine Quarmby

Publisher: Granta Books

Published: 2011-06-02

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1846273463

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Every few months there's a shocking news story about the sustained, and often fatal, abuse of a disabled person. It's easy to write off such cases as bullying that got out of hand, terrible criminal anomalies or regrettable failures of the care system, but in fact they point to a more uncomfortable and fundamental truth about how our society treats its most unequal citizens. In Scapegoat, Katharine Quarmby looks behind the headlines to question and understand our discomfort with disabled people. Combining fascinating examples from history with tenacious investigation and powerful first person interviews, Scapegoat will change the way we think about disability - and about the changes we must make as a society to ensure that disabled people are seen as equal citizens, worthy of respect, not targets for taunting, torture and attack.

Disability and the Welfare State in Britain
Disability and the Welfare State in Britain

Author: Jameel Hampton

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2016-05-17

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1447316428

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The British Welfare State initially seemed to promise welfare for all, but excluded millions of disabled people. This book examines attempts in the subsequent three decades to reverse this exclusion. It also provides the first major analysis of the Disablement Income Group and the Thalidomide campaign.

Disabled People, Work and Welfare
Disabled People, Work and Welfare

Author: Grover, Chris

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2015-07-01

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1447318366

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EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This is the first book to challenge the concept of paid work for disabled people as a means to ‘independence’ and ‘self determination’. Recent attempts in many countries to increase the employment rates of disabled people have actually led to an erosion of financial support for many workless disabled people and their increasing stigmatisation as ‘scroungers’. Led by the disability movement’s concern with the employment choices faced by disabled people, this controversial book uses sociological and philosophical approaches, as well as international examples, to critically engage with possible alternatives to paid work. Essential reading for students, practitioners, activists and anyone interested in relationships between work, welfare and disability.

Disability, Work, and Cash Benefits
Disability, Work, and Cash Benefits

Author: Jerry L. Mashaw

Publisher: W. E. Upjohn Institute

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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Reviews the US Social Security disability programme, with a view to determining whether rehabilitation and work could be incorporated in the income programme without greatly expanding costs or weakening the right to benefit for disabled persons.

Transforming Disability Welfare Policies
Transforming Disability Welfare Policies

Author: Christopher Prinz

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-05-08

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1351878026

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Bringing together contributions from institutions such as the OECD, the WHO, the World Bank and the European Disability Forum, as well as policy makers and researchers, this volume focuses on disability and work. The contributors address a wide range of issues including what it means to be disabled, what rights and responsibilities society has for people with disabilities, how disability benefits should be structured, and what role employers should play. Fundamental reading for specialists in disability, social protection and public economics, and for social policy academics, researchers and students generally, Transforming Disability Welfare Policies makes an enormous contribution to the literature.

Enduring Economic Exclusion
Enduring Economic Exclusion

Author: Tania Burchardt

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 79

ISBN-13: 9781842630075

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This report considers the growing debate about expenditure on disability and the applicability of welfare to work-type strategies for disabled people.

Disability in the Industrial Revolution
Disability in the Industrial Revolution

Author: David M. Turner

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2018-04-03

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1526125781

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This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. An electronic version of this book is also available under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) license, thanks to the support of the Wellcome Trust. The Industrial Revolution produced injury, illness and disablement on a large scale and nowhere was this more visible than in coalmining. Disability in the Industrial Revolution sheds new light on the human cost of industrialisation by examining the lives and experiences of those disabled in an industry that was vital to Britain’s economic growth. Although it is commonly assumed that industrialisation led to increasing marginalisation of people with impairments from the workforce, disabled mineworkers were expected to return to work wherever possible, and new medical services developed to assist in this endeavour. This book explores the working lives of disabled miners and analyses the medical, welfare and community responses to disablement in the coalfields. It shows how disability affected industrial relations and shaped the class identity of mineworkers. The book will appeal to students and academics interested in disability, occupational health and social history.