Disability Research, Policy and Legislation
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Document Title: A Strategy for Equality: Report of the Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities
Commissioned By: Department of Equality and Law Reform, Irish Government
Year Published: 1996There have been major changes in disability policy in Ireland in the last few years. These began with the publication of the Report of the Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities, entitled A Strategy for Equality, in 1996. This report in turn was the result of a major consultative process involving people with disabilities.
Link to A Strategy for Equality
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Document Title: Text of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Council of Europe Disability Action Plan
Commissioned / Published By: National Disability Authority (NDA)
Year Published: 2007The NDA launched a booklet containing the texts of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilites and the Council of Europe Disability Action Plan. The booklet was launched at the NDA’s seminar, "The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Council of Europe’s Disability Action Plan: Implications for Ireland".
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Document Title: The Equal Status Acts 2000 and 2004
Commissioned/Published By: The Equality Authority
Year Published: 2004Information booklet on the Equal Status Acts 2000 and 2004
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Document Title: The Employment Equality Acts 1998 and 2004
Commissioned/Published By: The Equality Authority
Year Published: 2004Explantory booklet on the Employment Equality Act 1998 and the changes made to it by the Equality Act 2004.
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Document Title: DARA has the CRAIC
Commissioned/Published By: The Equality Authority / Kildare County Council and Cavan County Council
Year Published: 2007"Dara has the Craic" is a timely and valuable account of initiatives taken at local authority level to embed a focus on accessibility for people with disabilities in planning, service design and service delivery. The work was undertaken by Cavan County Council and Kildare County Council with the support of the Equality Authority
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Document Title: Guidelines for Equal Status Policies in Enterprises
Commissioned/Published By: The Equality Authority
Year Published: 2005These "Guidelines for an Equal Status Policy for Enterprises" seek to stimulate and support a focus on equality for the customers or clients of an enterprise. The guidelines seek to encourage an approach to equality that encompasses action to prevent discrimination against customers, to accommodate the diversity of customers and to promote equality for customers including through positive action to address disadvantage or cater for special needs.
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Document Title: Reasonable Accommodation of People with Disabilities in the Provision of Goods and Services
Commissioned/Published By: The Equality Authority
Year Published: 2005
A booklet that supports service providers in the reasonable accommodation of people with disabilities as a simple and easily achievable part of a quality customer service.
Link to Reasonable Accommodation of People with Disabilities in the Provision of Goods and Services
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Document Title: Positive Action for People with Disabilities
Commissioned/Published By: The Equality Authority
Year Published: 2005Assisting Public Sector Bodies to achieve the 3% Employment Target.
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Document Title: Disability Resource Pack
Commissioned/Published By: The Equality Authority
Year Published: 2006
Positive Action for the Recruitment and Retention of People with Disabilities in the State Sector.
