DISABILITY, PUBLIC/PRIVATE HEALTH

SERVICEHas the<Disabled Discrimination Act> achieve its goal?

許傑 B9802095醫學二 B

WHAT IS “DISABLED”…?

Nick Vujicic

DISABLED

+ Definition: – By medical point: a physical or mental impairment

that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his/her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

– By social point: It is the traditional concept which causes the individuals to be “disabled” in the environment. Ex: No ramps in buildings.

OUTLINE+ Introduction:

– Definition of “disabled”– My question…How to improve the disabled's life quality?

• Body:– By individual

Cultivate hobbies÷ Sports÷ Drawings

Join clubs Counseling

– By social law

÷ The law in foreign countries (UK)÷ The law in Taiwan

Welfare foundations

+ Conclusion:– Sports: We can held all sorts of contests or tournaments– Law: The law hasn’t achieve its goal but is on its way.

IF YOU ARE DISABLED…

+ How will you improve the life quality of the disabled?

IF YOU ARE DISABLED…

+ Disabled’s Welfare+ Disability Law

– UK: DDA– Taiwan:Physically and Mentally Disabled Citizens Protection

Act+ Disability Foundation

– Liu educational consulting(財團法人劉氏社會福利事業基金會 )

– Republic of China Association For Mentally Handicapped Person(中華民國啟智協會 )

– The League of Welfare Organization for Disabled R.O.C.(中華民國殘障聯盟 )

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT

+ It was legislated to make ”discriminating against disabled persons in connection with employment, (…)” to be unlawful.

+ Service providers have had to make 'reasonable adjustments' for disabled people, such as providing extra help or making changes to the way they provide their services.

+ Consolidated into the Equality Act (2010).PASSIVE ->ACTIVE

WHAT TURNS OUT…

+ less favorable treatment for a reason related to a disabled person's disability

+ failure to make a "reasonable adjustment"

THE PROBLEM…

+ For adjustment: The Disability Rights Commission's Codes of Practice:– whether the proposed adjustment would meet the

needs of the disabled person– whether the adjustment is affordable– whether the adjustment would have a serious effect

on other people+ The Act therefore permits employers and

service providers to justify less favorable treatment in some circumstances.

THE PROBLEM…(CONTINUED)

+ Exemption of small firms(15 employees under)+ ‘reasonable adjustment’ clause that enables

employers to justify some non-adherence+ monitoring of compliance by employers+ Narrow definition of disability+ Puts burden of proof upon the disabled

– Prove they are disabled under the terms of act– Discriminated against on this basis

DATA ANALYSIS

DISCUSSION

+ Probably DDA needs a longer time to make a detectable effect.

+ There are other factors which effect employ rates, such as recession.

+ There are no other information about the experience of DDA, so it is hard to any definite conclusions.

CONCLUSION

+ The employment gap isn’t closed after the onset of DDA. On contrary, it increased.– DDA is a disguised form of suppressing the

disabled.+ The disadvantages of DDA shouldn’t be

neglected, and addition to the act is needed.

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION