International
The price of exclusion : the economic consequences of excluding people with disabilities from the world of work
Authors: Sebastian Buckup ; International Labour Office, Employment Sector, Skills and Employability Department. (www.ilo.org)
Abstract: This research report uses data from a selection of ten countries in Asia and Africa to estimate the macro-economic costs of excluding people with disabilities from the world of work.
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Recognizing ability: The skills and productivity of persons with disabilities
Author: Tony Powers for The International Labour Office (www.ilo.org)
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Getting Hired: A Trainer’s Manual for Conducting a Workshop for Job-Seekers with Disabilities
Author: International Labour Office, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (www.ilo.org)
Abstract: Provides the necessary information in conducting a job-seekers’ training workshop for people with disabilities, including how to prepare for the workshop, what to cover, suggested training activities and sample worksheets and examples.
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Social Enterprise: A Powerful Path to Social Inclusion
Author: Cheryl Kernot for the Centre for Social Impact
Abstract: This paper describes the changing landscape of the social economy and the emergence of, and place within it, of social enterprises and their role in driving social inclusion policies in a cross-departmental way.
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Realising ambitions: Better employment support for people with a mental health condition
Author: A review to the British Government by Rachel Perkins, Paul Farmer and Paul Litchfield
Abstract: A report comissioned in May 2009 by the Secretary for Work and Pensions in Great Britain to undertake a review of mental health and employment, with a focus on how the British Government could better help people with mental health conditions, who are out of work, fulfil their employment ambitions.
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