Thriving and Surviving at Work: Disabled People's Employment Strategies

ISBN-13: 9781861345226 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 56 str.

Lorraine Gradwell; Jeni Price; Lesley Child

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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: . vbTab]details the strategies disabled people use to thrive and survive at work;. vbTab]exposes the employment difficulties disabled people face in work environments designed by and for non-disabled people;. vbTab]looks at the policy context in which disabled people maintain paid work;. vbTab]draws on the experiences related by disabled people themselves; . vbTab]frames questions in terms of the issues that are important to disabled workers."