Real jobs, learning difficulties and supported employment
Wilson, Alastair (2003) Real jobs, learning difficulties and supported employment. Disability and Society, 18 (2). pp. 99-115. ISSN 0968-7599 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0968759032000052770)
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Supported employment is now regarded as a major vehicle for enabling people with 'learning difficulties' to enter employment. The purpose of this paper is to use the evidence provided by three case studies of people with 'learning difficulties' who have participated in supported employment to critically examine its fundamental premises. The paper argues that the influences of normalisation theory and the US model of supported employment have combined in the UK to form a variant of supported employment which, in pursuing the concept of 'real job', fails to adequately address the consequences of impairment.
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Item type: Article ID code: 3357 Dates: DateEventMarch 2003PublishedSubjects: Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General)
Education > Education (General)
Social Sciences > SociologyDepartment: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Institute of Education > Education Depositing user: Mr Derek Boyle Date deposited: 23 May 2007 Last modified: 11 Nov 2024 08:24 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/3357