Enduring economic exclusion: disabled income, people and work Export

@book{citeulike:756909, abstract = {The Labour Government has committed itself to ongoing implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act, and to applying the welfare reform principle, "work for those who can, security for those who cannot", to disabled people. Disability policy under previous administrations has had similar objectives; this study set out to examine what the impact has been on disabled people's employment and standard of living, and what the prospects are for the future. Definitions of disability used in the research were largely determined by the data sources. Estimates of the proportion of the working-age population who are disabled vary from 12 per cent (OPCS definition) to 16 per cent (work-limiting disability), and all sources indicate the proportion is growing. The OPCS definition uses a scale of severity from 1 to 10 (see Box 1). Broader definitions of disability make problems seem more widespread but tend to understate the barriers faced by those who are more severely impaired.}, author = {Burchardt, T.}, citeulike-article-id = {756909}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/pdf/060.pdf}, keywords = {disabled, economic, work}, posted-at = {2006-07-13 12:35:40}, priority = {3}, publisher = {Joesph Rowntree Foundation}, title = {Enduring economic exclusion: disabled income, people and work}, url = {http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/pdf/060.pdf}, year = {2002} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:756909 L3 - citeulike-article-id:756909 N2 - The Labour Government has committed itself to ongoing implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act, and to applying the welfare reform principle, "work for those who can, security for those who cannot", to disabled people. Disability policy under previous administrations has had similar objectives; this study set out to examine what the impact has been on disabled people’s employment and standard of living, and what the prospects are for the future. Definitions of disability used in the research were largely determined by the data sources. Estimates of the proportion of the working-age population who are disabled vary from 12 per cent (OPCS definition) to 16 per cent (work-limiting disability), and all sources indicate the proportion is growing. The OPCS definition uses a scale of severity from 1 to 10 (see Box 1). Broader definitions of disability make problems seem more widespread but tend to understate the barriers faced by those who are more severely impaired. TI - Enduring economic exclusion: disabled income, people and work PB - Joesph Rowntree Foundation KW - disabled KW - economic KW - work AU - Burchardt, T PY - 2002/// UR - http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/pdf/060.pdf ER -