Taking service providers to court: people with learning disabilities and Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 [PDF]
, 2009 Despite evidence of poor service provision for people with learning disabilities in the UK (e.g. DRC, Code of practice. Rights of access: services to the public, public authority functions, private clubs and premises. London: The Stationery Office, 2006;
Lerpiniere, Jennifer +2 more
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Rights and responsibilities: The Disability Discrimination Act (1995) and adults with learning disabilities [PDF]
, 2008 The purpose of this research is to examine Part III (access to goods, facilities and services) of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 in relation to people with learning disabilities.
Lerpiniere, Jennifer, Stalker, Kirsten
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Reasonable Adjustments vs. Indirect Discrimination: are all Protected Characteristics Equal Under the UK Equality Act 2010? A Review of Religious and Disability Discrimination in Employment Cases [PDF]
, 2022 This article argues that religious manifestation, like disability, requires an individual model of discrimination aimed at inclusivity rather than formal equality.
Bunbury, S., Bacquet, S.
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Danish and British Protection from Disability Discrimination at Work - Past, Present and Future. [PDF]
, 2015 Denmark and the United Kingdom both became members of what is now the European Union (EU) in 1973 and are thus equally matched in terms of opportunity to bring their anti-discrimination laws into line with those of the EU and other supra-national ...
Lane, Jackie, Videbaek Munkholm, Natalie
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Bodies in Contempt: Gender, Class and Disability Intersections in Workplace Discrimination Claims
Disability Studies Quarterly, 2015 This article draws on theories of gendered organizations to examine discrimination against people with disabilities in the workplace. A sample of 200 cases that document disability discrimination lawsuits was drawn from the Westlaw legal database.
Jenny Dick-Mosher
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“Sympathy” vs.“Empathy”: Comparing experiences of I2Audits and disability simulations
Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2022 People with disability often experience stigma and discrimination, and people with disability in rural areas may experience these at higher rates. Additionally, people with disability in rural areas may have fewer opportunities for physical and social ...
Emily C. Hicks, Meg A. Traci, Karin Korb
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Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2018 OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Acculturation and discrimination are associated with negative health outcomes including functional disability. The effect of these on functional disability in older African immigrants in the United States is not well understood.
Manka Nkimbeng +2 more
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Self-directed disability support: building people’s capacity through peer support and action research [PDF]
, 2014 How are people with disability experiencing and managing the transition towards self directed support and preparing for the NDIS? In this project, small groups of people with disability around Australia met over 6 months to talk about their disability ...
Fisher, KR ; https://orcid.org/ +13 more
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A national survey on violence and discrimination among people with disabilities
BMC Public Health, 2018 Background The aim of the study was to quantify levels of violence and discrimination among people with disabilities and analyze the effects of gender and the type and degree of disability.
Jesper Dammeyer, Madeleine Chapman
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Mainstreaming the disability equality duty and the impact on public authorities' working practices [PDF]
, 2011 Implemented as part of the 2005 amendments to the Disability Equality Act, the Disability Equality Duty (DED) placed new and important demands on public sector bodies.
Ferrie, J. +17 more
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