Thriving and Surviving at Work: Disabled People's Employment Strategies - Roulstone, Alan; Gradwell, Lorraine; Price, Jeni
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To date, studies of disabled people and employment have mainly focused on barriers to gaining employment. This report, published in association with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, breaks new ground in asking: how do those disabled people who are already working keep paid work? This accessible report: details the strategies disabled people use to thrive and survive at work; exposes the employment difficulties disabled people face in work environments designed by and for non-disabled people; looks at the policy context in which disabled people maintain paid work; draws on the experiences…mehr

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To date, studies of disabled people and employment have mainly focused on barriers to gaining employment. This report, published in association with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, breaks new ground in asking: how do those disabled people who are already working keep paid work? This accessible report: details the strategies disabled people use to thrive and survive at work; exposes the employment difficulties disabled people face in work environments designed by and for non-disabled people; looks at the policy context in which disabled people maintain paid work; draws on the experiences related by disabled people themselves; and frames questions in terms of the issues that are important to disabled workers. The findings will have an impact on policy and practice developments by indicating to policy makers and practitioners the ways in which disabled people thrive and survive at work. Disabled people, disabled people's organizations, employer and trades union opinion formers, policy mak
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Alan Roulstone is currently Reader in Disability Policy in the School of Health, Natural and Social Sciences, University of Sunderland. He has published widely on disability, employment and social exclusion issues. Lorraine Gradwell is Chief Executive of Breakthrough UK Ltd, Manchester, a leading-edge social model organisation offering employment and independent living skills to disabled people. Lorraine is an active member of the UK Disabled People's Movement. Jeni Price is founder of Equality Associates, Hove, a training and consultancy organisation specialising in disability equality issues. Lesley Child is an experienced freelance Disability Equality Trainer, based in the West Midlands, and has very strong links with the UK Disabled People's Movement.