The Palgrave Handbook of Disability at Work

Abstract

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- Definitions -- The World Health Organization (WHO) -- United Nations (UN) -- The International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps -- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA-USA) -- The Equality Act 2010 (UK) -- The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Australia) -- Terminology -- The Historical Context of Disability and Employment -- Global North -- Global South -- Models of Disability -- The Medical Model -- The Social Model -- The Social Relational Model -- Outline of the Book -- References -- Part I: Legal Aspects -- 2: Generating Interdisciplinary Insights to Regulate for Inclusive Employment -- The Imperative -- Reflecting on This Imperative to Employ People Within the Services They Use -- 'Start with What We Can Do': The Concept of Community Job Crafting -- The 'Resistant Possibilities' of Community Job Crafting -- Using the Concept of 'Community Job Crafting' to Explore the Possibilities and Limitations of Employment Legislation -- The Limits of Equal Treatment -- Adjusting, Carving or Crafting? -- Dancing with the Devil? Provisions That Permit Positive Action and the Medicalized Definition of Disability -- Public Sector Equality Duty and Other Drivers -- Conclusions -- References -- 3: Confronting Episodic Disability in the Workplace: The Canadian Experience -- Canadian Human Rights Law and Episodic Disability in the Workplace -- Undue Hardship and Accommodating Episodic Disability -- Financial Costs to Employer of Accommodations -- Health and Safety Risks -- Conflicting Rights and Other Employees -- Fundamental Nature of the Employment Contract -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: Determining Work Capacity -- Population Trends and Disability Benefits.