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.

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.

Predictors of quality of life in people with intellectual disability in Bosnia and Herzegovina

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haris Memisevic ◽  
Selmir Hadzic ◽  
Sadeta Zecic ◽  
Edin Mujkanovic
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Support Programs ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Disability Employment

AbstractQuality of life (QOL) of people with intellectual disability is increasingly becoming the target for intervention and a measure of success of different support programs. Knowing the predictors of QOL might make the support programs more effective. In the present study, QOL of 152 persons with intellectual disability was assessed through the personal outcomes scale (POS)-self report. Total score on the POS was used as a dependent variable and age, sex, level of intellectual disability, employment status and marriage status were assessed as the potential predictors of QOL. The statistically significant predictors of QOL were level of intellectual disability and employment status. These predictors explained 19% of variance in POS scores. The results of this study indicate that the strategies aimed at increasing the QOL of people with disability must focus on finding and expanding the employment opportunities for people with intellectual disability. The role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can be very significant in this regard. The article concludes with a discussion of how predictors of QOL outcomes reported by other investigators could be incorporated into the policies and practices of NGOs to enhance person-referenced QOL outcomes.

scholarly journals On the obligation to make reasonable accommodation for an employee with a disability

2021 ◽  
pp. 203195252110274
Author(s):  
Katja Karjalainen ◽  
Marjo Ylhäinen
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Reasonable Accommodation ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Contractual Relationship ◽  
The Right

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) features interesting labour law related aspects. The goals of this article are to reconcile horizontal human rights and contract law in the context of reasonable accommodation in working life and to establish guidelines by which to assess the obligation to make accommodation, for example in relation to the EU Employment Equality Directive. This article utilises the framework of just social practice, which makes reference to welfarism in Nordic contract law. Just social practice creates a theoretical framework in which to investigate the rights and obligations attached to reasonable accommodation in working life, because it may be argued that its basic premises correspond to the ultimate justification of the accommodation rights provided for by the UNCRPD: the idea of social inclusion. The first part of the article seeks to identify common features between the UNCRPD and contract law. It sketches the theoretical framework of just social practice, in which contract law and human rights coincide within the context of employment. The second part of the article elaborates what the process of reasonable accommodation within the framework of just social practice constitutes and introduces specific steps that are followed when the right to accommodation is in question. The article also identifies the factors that have an influence on reasonableness evaluations as being either internal or external to the contractual relationship and exemplifies how contract law principles are to be applied when assessing reasonableness. The article argues that reconciliation of the goals of private law and human rights within the framework of just social practice makes it possible to argue that contract law principles can function as a tool for social inclusion.

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 Innovative forms of social and psychological rehabilitation of persons with disabilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (II) ◽  
pp. 115-128
Author(s):  
Оксана КРАВЧЕНКО ◽  
Наталія ДУБОВА ◽  
Валентина ХАРИТОНОВА
Keyword(s):  
Employment Status ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Work Activities ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Domestic Practice ◽  
Social Organizational ◽  
Further Development

The article deals with the problem of social integration of people with disabilities, the ultimate goal of which is to solve the issues of their the employment as it is an urgent need for present Ukraine. The normative and legal framework on the issues connected with employment of this category of citizens was analysed, the organizational and legal principles of homework application were revealed, economic and social benefits of disabled persons’ employment at home were determined. The purpose of this research was to substantiate the effectiveness of homework as a type of social and psychological rehabilitation of people with disabilities. To reach the article objective we used the following research methods: analysis of international and Ukrainian legislation on the promotion of disabled people’s employment; survey, which involved 70 disabled persons having different nosologies; analysis of the employment status of people with disabilities in Ukraine and further development of recommendations for homework introduction into domestic practice to support people who are in difficult living conditions. Due to this, the normative and legal framework on the employment of this category of citizens was analysed; the economic and social advantages of homework were determined. The results of our research highlight the fact that work activities, in particular homework, can help to overcome some barriers and stereotypes connected with employment: psychological, physical, social, organizational, regulatory (related to the imperfection of the regulatory framework).

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 Introduction to 2020-3

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Buch
Keyword(s):  
Working Life ◽  
Disability Policy ◽  
Social Risk ◽  
Policy Area ◽  
Policy Document ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Cherry Picking ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Cost

This issue of Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies brings together four articles. The first article of this issue, Cherry Picking Disablility Rights? Swedish Disability Policy on Employment, Health and Participation, authored by Faten Nouf-Latif and colleagues, examines how Swedish disability policies are developed to meet UN Conventions on the Right of Persons with Disabilities. Focusing on a recent Swedish governmental disability policy document and legal documents, the authors ask how they describe individuals with disabilities in terms of citizens in the policy areas of health and employment?; how governmental responsibilities are formulated?; and how the policy management affects individuals’ opportunities to enjoy citizenry and participation? Using directed content analysis and theories of social risk and governance, the authors observe that the employment domain is given much more attention and focus at the cost of the policy area of health. Hard governance is predominant in relation to the employment domain, whereas governance in relation to the health domain is softer – employing abstract directives to stakeholder organizations and authorities (...)

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