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Thriving and Surviving at Work
Roulstone, Alan; Gradwell, Lorraine; Price, Jeni; Child, Lesley
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Description for Thriving and Surviving at Work
paperback. This report breaks explores how disabled people who are already in work get and keep paid work. Drawing on experiences of disabled people themselves, it looks at difficulties experienced, the strategies they adopt and the policy context in which they work. The authors are all disabled people with a mix of practice and academic experience. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; JFFG; JHBL; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 299 x 3. Weight in Grams: 246.
To date, studies of disabled people and employment have mainly focused on barriers to gaining and maintaining employment. This report breaks new ground in asking: how do those disabled people who are already in work get and keep paid work? Written in an accessible style, the 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; · frames questions in ... Read more
To date, studies of disabled people and employment have mainly focused on barriers to gaining and maintaining employment. This report breaks new ground in asking: how do those disabled people who are already in work get and keep paid work? Written in an accessible style, the 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; · frames questions in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
Number of Pages
56
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861345226
SKU
V9781861345226
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Ref
99-1
About Roulstone, Alan; Gradwell, Lorraine; Price, Jeni; Child, Lesley
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 ... Read more
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