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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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BMJ, 2001 Discrimination on grounds of race and gender is increasingly acknowledged in medicine, 1 2 but equal attention has not been given to disability discrimination. Will this change now that the General Medical Council is being taken to a tribunal by a prospective medical student who is disabled?3 Ironically, education is exempt from the section (part III ...
J M, Carter, N, Markham
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BMC Public Health, 2018 Background Across most high-income countries, populations are ageing. With this demographic change is an increase in the number of people living with disabilities.
Jeromey B. Temple +2 more
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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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An in-depth examination of the implementation of the Disability Equality Duty in England [PDF]
, 2008 This seven-month study examined the implementation of the Disability Equality Duty (DED) in England. The DED, introduced through the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, applies to public authorities in England, Wales and ...
Lerpiniere, Jennifer +5 more
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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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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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