The Experiences and Expectations of Disabled People - ODI Research.

Submitted by John on Thu, 31/07/2008 - 12:40pm

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You may be interested in this research from the Office for Disability Issues (ODI). The Office for Disability issues works across government to ensure equality becomes a reality for disabled people.

The Experiences and Expectations of Disabled People.

"A new research report commissioned by the Government shows that whilst progress is being made, disabled people in Britain are still more likely than non-disabled people to experience disadvantage in a variety of areas.

Experiences and Expectations of Disabled People, the first comprehensive study of disability issues in six years, looked at key policy areas including employment, education, transport, health and discrimination across Great Britain in 2007.

The research, which was commissioned by the Office for Disability Issues (ODI), provides a unique snapshot of the lives of nearly 2,000 disabled people. The study was ground-breaking in that it actively involved disabled people throughout the research process."

Opportunities for the full and equal citizenship of disabled peo

Submitted by anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 24/08/2009 - 8:44am.

Author: ippr trading ltd
Contributors: Rachel Pillai, Jennifer Rankin and Kate Stanley with Jim Bennett, David Hetherington, Lucy Stone and Kay Withers
Price: Free
Publication Date: 19 March 2007

Disabled people in Britain currently have very limited opportunities to exercise full and equal citizenship, despite the progress that has been made. Both the Government and the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) agree this represents an unacceptable social injustice and have strategies designed to end this inequality.

Disability 2020 assesses key health, demographic and policy trends in order to gauge the possible circumstances and experiences of disabled people by 2020 against the ambition of full and equal citizenship for all disabled people.

The trends assessed in Disability 2020 pose significant challenges to achieving the goal of full and equal citizenship for disabled people by 2020. However, the challenges are not insurmountable and there are significant opportunities to move towards a situation in 2020 where disabled people can exercise full and equal citizenship.

Six key priorities for action have emerged out of the evidence in this report. The priorities are to:

Develop needs-led public services to promote independent living.
Promote opportunities for social and civic participation by disabled people.
Promote employment opportunities for disabled people.
Boost efforts to tackle health inequalities.
Promote better understanding of disability.
Identify and allocate the necessary resources to implement the above.

Disability 2020 is a report by ippr trading ltd for the Disability Rights Commission.

view executive summary (PDF file)

view full publication (PDF file)

http://www.ippr.org.uk/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=531

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