Exploring the Basics

2021 ◽  
pp. 19-41
Author(s):  
Rhoda Olkin
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Class Discussion ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Disability Employment ◽  
Language Issues

The six activities in this chapter are designed to help students make discoveries for themselves. Activities include computer searches and class discussion, as well as working in small groups, watching documentaries, and debriefing. The first activity is about language used to describe persons with disabilities, as this will help students feel less tongue-tied during discussions and raise awareness of language issues as they go through other activities. Next is an exploration of the bidirectional connection among economics and disability, employment, and nondiscrimination laws. One activity introduces intersectionality by having students researching their own identities in conjunction with disability (there is more on intersectionality in Chapter 9).

Sorting Activities for Polygons

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 444-445
Author(s):  
Carol G. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Class Discussion ◽  
Geometric Properties ◽  
Geometric Figures ◽  
Probability And Statistics ◽  
Whole Class Discussion ◽  
Whole Class ◽  
Primary Focus

To encourage students to “identify, describe, compare, and classify geometric figures” (NCTM 1989, 112), I have developed materials and activities that involve sorting polygons. Although teachers can adapt these activities for students at various levels, they are particularly appropriate for the middle schooler. I have designed them for use in small groups, with whole-class discussion at the conclusion. Although geometric properties and definitions are the primary focus, various forms of the activities also encourage reasoning, communication, and measurement. These simple and inexpensive materials can be used for extensions involving probability and statistics as well.

The Employment Status and Support Needs of Persons with Disabilities in Japan

2016 ◽  
pp. 245-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Seino ◽  
Yuichiro Haruna ◽  
Shun Ishizaki
Keyword(s):  
Employment Status ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Mail Survey ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Effective Work ◽  
Disability Employment ◽  
Work Supports ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

This paper has two objectives: (1) to describe the significance and applicability of narratology, which features computational and cognitive approaches, in the field of interpersonal relationship supports for persons with disabilities, and (2) to determine effective work supports by analyzing the narratives of the persons with disabilities. In this chapter, the narratives were operationally defined as free-expression answers obtained from mail-survey questionnaires from people with various disabilities describing their work and work life. The questionnaires were sent to 14,448 people and, of these, 4,546 responded. The survey items included their employment status, problems they encountered before employment, problems in their working life, support required in their working life, and opinions regarding disability employment. The results suggested that employment status and problems at work depended on their disability type and the presence of effective supports.

scholarly journals Secondhand Goods, Firsthand Knowledge: An Organizational Structure Exercise At The Local Flea Market

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Monika K. Renard ◽  
William J. Ritchie ◽  
Charles J. Fornaciari
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Field Trip ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Class Discussion ◽  
Span Of Control ◽  
Flea Market

We developed a unique and enjoyable field trip exercise to challenge students to identify various organizational structures and their properties and dimensions present in the local flea market. Drawing on students review of common organizational structures, i.e., simple, functional, multi-divisional, and network, this exercise requires that individuals or small groups of students visit a local flea market to observe and analyze the numerous organizational structures apparent. Students then use a given report format to identify: the properties of organizations; distinct organizational structures on varying levels of analysis (the market as a whole, areas of specialization, and vendors); and the dimensions seen in organizations (specialization, span of control, formalization, and centralization). In-class discussion of the topic, using discussion questions provided, further clarifies the concepts that students viewed in practice at the flea market.

Assessing Workplace Culture and Disability Inclusion Climate: A Preliminary Study

2021 ◽  
pp. JARC-D-20-00001
Author(s):  
Kanako Iwanaga ◽  
Fong Chan ◽  
Nicole Ditchman ◽  
Timothy N. Tansey
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Workplace Culture ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
Disability Employment

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act requires state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies to work closely with businesses to create employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The workplace climate may determine employers’ willingness to hire and retain persons with disabilities. Rehabilitation researchers are conducting research to validate assessment tools to help companies assess factors that affect their disability inclusion climate. The purpose of this study was to examine the factorial validity of the Workplace Culture and Disability Inclusion Questionnaire (WCDIQ), developed to assess the disability inclusion climate in a workplace and to evaluate organizational factors that contribute to disability employment and inclusive practices. A sample of 284 human resources managers and professionals who made hiring decisions participated in the study. Exploratory factor analysis indicated a four-factor solution: (a) disability inclusion policies and procedures, (b) disability inclusion efforts and strategies, (c) disability inclusion preparedness, and (d) health and illness management policies and procedures. All four factors had strong internal consistency reliability and correlated with disability employment rates. The results of this study provide initial support for the reliability and validity of the WCDIQ for use by employers to evaluate their disability employment and inclusion efforts, and identify areas that need improvement. With further refinement, the WCDIQ can be used to guide the development of evidence-based disability employment and inclusion interventions to promote employment opportunity for people with disabilities.

Using evidence in shaping disability policy in Romania: the case of sheltered workshops

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Petrescu ◽  
Mihaela Lambru
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Disability Policy ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Sheltered Workshops ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
Work Integration ◽  
Disability Employment ◽  
The Impact

Background: The importance of using evidence to inform the policymaking process has been well established in the literature and practice. In Western countries evidence-based policy (EBP) is already accepted and implemented in many policy areas, including disability policy. In Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) the interest in EBP (evidence-based policy) is new and limited, hampered in many aspects by the regional specificity of the public administration and welfare services reform.Aims and objectives: The present article aims to explore the development of evidence-based disability employment policy in Romania, in a specific area of work integration: sheltered workshops.Methods: The article draws on the findings of extensive research on sheltered workshops that included multiple research methods, such as public policy analysis, social documents analysis, and secondary data analysis of quantitative and qualitative data.Findings: A number of issues concerning the implementation of evidence-based disability policy in Romania have been identified. Some of these issues are related to the administrative and policy capacity of the government. Others are linked to the limitation of the advocacy capacity of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) active in the disability area, or to the weak presence of the academic/research community in the disability policy forum.Discussion and conclusions: There is a limited knowledge of how evidence-based disability policy is developed in CEE countries. This article will emphasise the role of the sheltered workshops in shaping the policy solutions in the area of work integration for persons with disabilities. The article will contribute to better understanding of the disability policy reform, looking closely at how the evidence is built and used within the disability policy process.<br />Key messages<br /><ul><li>The paper explores pathways of evidence use to support decisions on disability policy in Romania.</li><br /><li>The disability reform in Romania is influenced by Welfare State and Public Administration reform, EU integration process, EU Disability Action Plans (DAPs) and the signing of the UN Convention of Persons with Disabilities.</li><br /><li>The social economy framework has influenced the employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. The sheltered workshops have become an important actor in promoting work integration for people with disability. Also the sheltered workshops have an important role in modernising evidence-based disability employment policy</li><br /><li>The lack of statistical data and relevant knowledge about what works, and the impact on the integration of people with disabilities, is impeding the development of both disability rights and disability services, and has determined the adoption of policy decisions that have profoundly affected work integration in this area.</li></ul>

scholarly journals Introduction to 2021-1

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Buch
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Apparent Lack ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Cost Cutting ◽  
New Public ◽  
Disability Employment

In this first issue of Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies in 2021, we have compiled six articles and one book review. The first article, Leading the Way? State Empoyers’ Engagement with a Disability Employment Policy, by Kaja Larsen Østerud, investigates governmental labor market attempts to integrate persons with disabilities in Norway. Specifically, the study addresses policy documents and analyzes interviews with state employers to investigate their engagement with the policy. Østerud concludes that even though the employers recognize the importance of the policy, their engagement to enact it is passive and forged with obstacles. Mainly, the New Public Management discourse of productivity standards and cost-cutting, combined with an apparent lack of disabled applicants, makes state employers reluctant to actively promote the implementation of the policy (...)

scholarly journals The disability employment gap in European countries: What is the role of labour market policy?

2021 ◽  
pp. 095892872110024
Author(s):  
Roos van der Zwan ◽  
Paul de Beer
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Social Investment ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Labour Market Policies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Employment Gap ◽  
Disability Employment

Across Europe, the labour market participation of persons with disabilities remains lower than that of persons without a disability. Our research examines this disability employment gap, looking specifically at its variation by country and gender. Additionally, we test the influence of labour market policies – testing both the social investment perspective and the welfare scepticism perspective – on the size of the gap, in an effort to determine whether a more generous welfare state raises or lowers the employment rate of people with disabilities. Using the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), we show that Southern European countries have the smallest disability employment gap. Whereas stricter employment protection legislation is found to be beneficial for people with disabilities on the labour market, other labour market policies specifically intended to benefit this group do not strongly affect their chances on the labour market. These findings support the social investment perspective and show that social policies can have a positive effect on the employment of people with disabilities.

The Employment Status and Support Needs of Persons With Disabilities in Japan

2019 ◽  
pp. 397-429
Author(s):  
Kai Seino ◽  
Yuichiro Haruna ◽  
Shun Ishizaki
Keyword(s):  
Employment Status ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Mail Survey ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Effective Work ◽  
Disability Employment ◽  
Work Supports ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

This chapter has two objectives: (1) to describe the significance and applicability of narratology, which features computational and cognitive approaches, in the field of interpersonal relationship supports for persons with disabilities; and (2) to determine effective work supports by analyzing the narratives of the persons with disabilities. In this chapter, the narratives were operationally defined as free-expression answers obtained from mail-survey questionnaires from people with various disabilities describing their work and work life. The questionnaires were sent to 14,448 people and, of these, 4,546 responded. The survey items included their employment status, problems they encountered before employment, problems in their working life, support required in their working life, and opinions regarding disability employment. The results suggested that employment status and problems at work depended on their disability type and the presence of effective supports.

scholarly journals Konstruksi Hukum Tentang Kewajiban Perusahaan Daerah Bali Mempekerjakan Penyandang Disabilitas

Acta Comitas ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
Ketut Yulia Wirasningrum
Keyword(s):  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Local Regulation ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Disability Employment ◽  
Material Values ◽  
The Ideal

Indonesia as a legal state must guarantee the human rights of all citizens, including persons with disabilities. Protection of the rights of persons with disabilities is regulated in international legal instruments as well as several national legal instruments. At the regional level, the Bali Provincial Government issued Bali Local Regulation Number 8 of 2015 concerning Protection and Fulfillment of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Regarding the rights to the employment of persons with disabilities in the Bali Regional Regulation there is a concept discrepancy with the provisions in the Disabled Persons Act regarding the percentage of disability employment in Regional Companies. Problems found include how the concept of the problem and the ideal legal regulatory solutions regarding the obligations of Bali Regional Companies to employ persons with disabilities. The purpose of this study is for the disability workforce to be absorbed maximally in the Regional and private companies. To obtain answers to these problems, normative research methods are used with conceptual approaches and regulatory approaches. Conclusions in this discussion that in Bali Regional Regulation Number 8 of 2015 concerning the protection and fulfillment of the rights of persons with disabilities there are still problems with corporate concepts that combine the concepts of Regional Companies and private companies. ideally in the future classification of company concept arrangements will be carried out so that the obligations of Regional and private companies in employing disability workers fulfill material values ??and formal legislation. Negara Indonesia sebagai negara hukum wajib menjamin hak asasi seluruh warga negara termasuk penyandang disabilitas. Perlindungan hak asasi penyandang disabilitas diatur dalam instrumen hukum Internasional serta beberapa instrument hukum nasional. Di tingkat daerah,  Pemerintah Provinsi Bali menerbitkan Perda Bali Nomor 8 Tahun 2015 tentang Perlindungan Dan Pemenuhan Hak Penyandang Disabilitas. Perihal hak atas pekerjaan penyandang disabilitas dalam Perda Bali terdapat ketidaksesuaian konsep dengan ketentuan dalam Undang-Undang Penyandang Disabilitas perihal persentase penerimaan tenaga kerja disabilitas pada Perusahaan Daerah. Masalah yang ditemukan antara lain bagaimana problem konsep serta solusi pengaturan hukum yang ideal perihal kewajiban Perusahaan Daerah Bali Mempekerjakan penyandang disabilitas. Tujuan dari penelitian ini agar tenaga kerja disabilitas dapat terserap dengan maksimal pada Perusahaan Daerah maupun swasta. Untuk memperoleh jawaban dari permasalahan tersebut digunakan metode penelitian normative dengan pendekatan konsep dan pendekatan peraturan perundang-undangan. Simpulan dalam pembahasan ini bahwa dalam Perda Bali Nomor 8 Tahun 2015 tentang perlindungan dan pemenuhan hak penyandang disabilitas masih terdapat masalah konsep perusahaan yang menggabungkan konsep Perusahaan Daerah dan perusahaan swasta. idealnya ke depan dilakukan klasifikasi pengaturan konsep perusahaan sehingga kewajiban Perusahaan Daerah dan swasta dalam mempekerjakan tenaga kerja disabilitas memenuhi nilai material dan formal peraturan perundang-undangan.

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