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In recent years, there has been an abundance of literature written on the subject of people with disabilities. However, there has been a noticeable paucity of information available on the historical aspects of disabled persons. This book will help to develop a social history on disabilities by providing a multidisciplinary overview of images of people with disabilities in Western history; promoting the exchange of cross-disciplinary information on disabled people from art, literature, original data, and historical works; filling the gap in our understanding of how disabled people were viewed prior to modern history; illustrating how art and literature can be used to understand how disabled people were perceived in their respective times; and showing how historical factors shape some of our current perceptions about disability. With the growing interest in people with disabilities and the recent passage of the American Disability Act, this book will be of great importance to special educators, historians, students of the humanities, and social scientists.

Social Perceptions of People with Disabilities in History. Herbert C. Covey. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas. 1998 306 pp.

While recognizing the difficulties of such an endeavor, an examination fo the politics of attendant care for the physically handicapped calls for an alliance between union activists & those who organize personal assistance services & consumers as a way to improve care for people with disabilities. A historical review of the disabilities rights movement is provided before exploring how the social model of disablement & the independent living movement have deeply influenced the demands for attendant care services; attention is given to the politics surrounding the thus far not enacted Medicaid Community-Based Attendant Services and Support Act. Problems hampering coalition building between disability rights activists as well as for advocates for the rights of attendants are outlined. D. Edelman

This blog is based on an article in the Journal of Social Policy by Liang Shang and Yanto Chandra. Click here to access the article. In our recent research, we explored the mechanisms of co-production enacted by work-integration social enterprises (SEs) within the disability sector. These organisations not only provide employment opportunities for disabled people… Continue reading Exploring Co-Production in Social Enterprises for People With Disabilities →

According to the Act on Promoting Employment employers in all segments of the economy are obliged to pay a rehabilitation fee if the average number of their employees is above 20 and the ratio of employees with disabilities does not reach 5%. The amount to be paid has been significantly raised from 177,600 HUF/year to 964,500 HUF/year as of 1st of January, 2010 in order to increase efficiency. My field research on agricultural and food industry companies reveals whether the strict quota-levy system really promotes the employment of people with disabilities in this sector. During the autumn of 2010 I conducted interviews with 22 agricultural and food industry companies to find out the impact of the legal restriction on the companies. According to the data gathered during the interviews, in 9 out of the 22 examined companies they had already employed people with disabilities prior to the introduction of the quota system. Only 5 companies decided to employ people with disabilities because of the higher rehabilitation fee. Eight companies still do not have any employees with disabilities. It means that less than 23% of the companies reacted positively to the legislation, while almost 41% was already engaged to the topic and acted socially responsibly towards people with disabilities living in their area and willing to work. This result keeps the question still open: is the restriction of the quota system the best way of promoting the employment of people with disabilities?

This article presents an analytic review of the major milestones in social and employment policies for people with disabilities in Spain in recent decades. It covers labour reforms, action plans for employment, the role of public bodies and disability organisations, and economic and employment protection. In addition, it examines the influence of European policies and guidelines on disability and employment, and their impact on Spanish social and employment policies. The article concludes that there are significant obstacles which need to be overcome. Such obstacles include insufficient political will, lack of information, and the danger of false controversies.