[Unemployment amongst People with Learning Disabilities]

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Acknowledgement

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DECLARATION

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ABSTRACT

There are about 650 million disabled, accounting for 10% of the global population Disability may hinder people with disabilities participate fully in their communities, which led to economic and social life of poverty, the lack of appropriate support and care. In addition to it gathering data, which is objective and truly reflects the woes of this marginalized population is also lacking. There is a need for guidelines to show rehabilitation professionals (and employers) how to collaborate in implementing disability management programs. The aims and objectives of the study are to gather statistical data about the current status of disabled people in terms of employment opportunities, outline the problems faced by the disabled group, review the existing policies about the Disabled persons and suggest ways to integrate the disabled persons in the mainstream job markets and society. This research is founded on the secondary data. The research encompasses the publications, articles and similar studies accessible on the internet. Third Plan of Action for Persons with Disabilities 2009-2012 is approved and annexed and this Agreement and will be developed through annual programs of action (Biller 2010131). According to the second agreement, The Ministry of Health and Social Policy, through the Directorate General for Policy Coordination and Disability Sector in collaboration with the Sectoral Conference on Social Affairs shall perform the functions of initiating, coordinating and evaluating the actions agreed.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

INTRODUCTION1

BACKGROUND3

Disability Discrimination Act 19953

Legislative framework3

Scope of the DDA4

Definition Of Disability Services And Employment Assistance4

Services employment assistance5

Specialized services5

Offices of Sheltered Employment5

Sheltered employment and subsidized employment6

Mainstream Employment6

Concept of discrimination7

Business Taxpayers7

Reasonable Adjustments7

Financial aid8

Political persuasion8

Research Aims and Objectives9

Research Questions9

LITERATURE REVIEW10

Disabled and Deaf Londoners10

Poverty and unemployment10

METHODOLOGY14

Search Technique15

Literature Search16

ETHICS16

SYNTHESIS OF FINDINGS17

Barriers22

IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE23

RECOMMENDATIONS25

Challenges and Limitations of Social Workers25

LIMITATIONS26

Critical Appraisal tool and Appraisal limitations26

REFERENCES29

INTRODUCTION

"Disability" is now defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a restriction of social participation, which can be determined by an analysis of social conditions. This comprehensive definition is also taken into account in the Disability Discrimination Act (BGG) and the Social Code (SGB) IX: The description of disability in the SGB IX (2001, § 2 Para 1) contains corresponding to two aspects: a) one for the atypical state of the person and as a result, b) the effect of social participation. The census included people with a recognized level of disability and exhibits for May of 2003 8.4 million people are officially recognized disability. The Federal Labour Agency has in its statistics, "disabled" from (Okolo 2006 141). Details for working and living conditions of people with ...