Supported Employment: A Case Study to Highlight Experiences and to Inform Support Practices

Gemma L. Bend ()
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Gemma L. Bend: The Open University Business School

Chapter 10 in The Palgrave Handbook of Disability at Work, 2020, pp 169-185 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Regardless of the route to enter employment disabled employees are likely to experience ableism, where they are discriminated because of their difference in abilities compared with abled-bodied individuals. By drawing on the data from ethnographic field notes and semi-structured interviews this chapter analyses the daily workings of, and the experiences of individuals who work in a manufacturing sheltered employment workshop that accommodates disabled employees in the UK. Four themes are discussed: capability and possibility; disability as an asset; support: assistance or hindrance; and transition: moving on from sheltered employment. Finally based on the data analysed recommendations are made for organizations and employers that promote inclusive employment practices to support disabled employees.

Keywords: Sheltered employment; Feminist disability; Ableism; Charity; Stereotypical (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42966-9_10

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