Disabilities: Policy-Standards

*Note: These contents are assembled from several web sites, some of whom are now defunct. Although I have the documents in my records, I've provided the current links to available items. Copies of material from defunct sites, as well as my works, are provided below. Copyright belongs to the authors and/or publishers of the material according to the information contained in the documents. An internet search of the titles or of content from the material should be made for referencing purposes. The owner of this web site only claims authorship where indicated within the material.

A Basic Income Plan for Canadians with Severe Disabilities-2010 — This report proposes a ‘Basic Income Plan’ that will replace welfare for most Canadians with severe disabilities.

A NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISABILITY SUPPORTS: WHERE IS THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA IN THIS SOCIAL PROJECT? -2005 Michael J. Prince — In this presentation, I want to make a case for why it is time for a national strategy of disability supports, describe the existing intergovernmental transfers in Canada for disability supports, and then outline a revised transfer and federal investment plan, as next steps to realize a vision of full inclusion for Canadians with disabilities.

Audit Tool for the National Standards for Disability Services - NPSA — The aim of the assessment process is to provide for the objective and systematic assessment of the organisation’s performance against a range of indicators.

Current Developments in Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities (2005) — Contains first 4 chapters of 15. The others will be added to this website under 'Jurisdictional')

Defining Disability- A Complex Issue -HRDC(Canada, 2003) — This document provides a review of, and framework for understanding, disability definitions in key Government of Canada initiatives.

Disability and the Income Tax David G. Duff (2000) — Canadian taxation. For more information see the Technical Advisory Committee on Tax Measures for Persons with Disabilities at http://www.disabilitytax.ca/main-e.html

Disability-Related Policy in Canada - Supports documents — See http://www.disabilitypolicy.ca/index_english.php --The Disability-Related Policy Website is a tool of the Disability and Information Technologies (Dis-IT) Research Alliance, headed by Deborah Stienstra at the University of Manitoba, and the community of disability organizations in Canada.

ESTABLISHING INTERGOVERNMENTAL LEADERSHIP ON DISABILITY ISSUES: CURRENT ROLES AND REFORM OPTIONS FOR A NATIONAL POLICY ON DISABILITY SUPPORTS (M. Prince,2002) — consultation event by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WHRA) on cross-disability issues

Funding and service options for people with disabilities June 2009 — This project was the result of the collective efforts of many people driven by the desire to seek better models and approaches to the funding of supports for people with a disability in Queensland.

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada: Research and Reports – Disability — Includes the series: Advancing the Inclusion of People with Disabilities (Canada) I have the 2002 Technical Report Annexes which can be sent as requested: this contains an extensive bibliography. See my contact information at https://sites.google.com/site/dhbresourcescreativeworks/mysitemap/contact-information

Improving the life chances of disabled people (UK,2005) — The Strategy Unit was asked to provide supporting analysis and a strategic assessment of disabled people's life chances - the opportunities available to disabled people, both children and adults, to improve their quality of life.

International Best Practices in Universal Design: A Global Review 2006, Canadian Human Rights Commission — building practices and procedures that comply with universal design principles and provide affordable design practices that meet the needs of the widest possible range of people who use of facility.

National Standards for Disability Services — The National Standards for Disability Services are presented as an integrated quality framework working from a whole system approach. More than that, the standards also provide a platform for the continuous improvement of disability services.

Non-residential Supports and Intellectual Disability: A Review of the Literature on Best Practices, Alternatives and Economic Impacts -Prepared by the Community Living Research Project 2006 — This report will review the literature on non-residential supports for people with intellectual disabilities, much of which focuses on employment. For more resources, see Community Living Research Project at http://cic.arts.ubc.ca/research-knowledge-exchange/community-living-research-project.html

No Place Like Home: A Report on the Housing Needs of People with Intellectual Disabilities (2008) — This report looks at housing issues for people with intellectual disabilities. It provides a working definition of this population and looks at the nature and extent of their need for housing. The focus of the report is on non-institutional housing options beyond the family (e.g., parental) home.

Proposal for a National Disability Supports Initiative (2001) — by the Caledon Institute of Social Policy

Study of Supports to Persons with Disabilities Department of Human Resources and Employment (2000) — The current study provides HRE with information that will assist in the development of a more coherent and integrated program development framework and service delivery system for services to persons with disabilities.

The economic benefits of increasing employment for people with disability -2011 — Commissioned by the Australian Network on Disability. People with disabilities are significantly underrepresented in Australia’s workforce and, despite substantial improvements in Australia’s labour market conditions over the past decade, the gap in employment outcomes for people with and without disabilities has widened. By 2009, only half of the 2.2 million working-age Australians with a disability were employed, compared to nearly 80% of working age Australians without a disability.