SHUT OUT: The Experience of People with Disabilities and their Families in Australia
National Disability Strategy Consultation Report prepared by the National People with Disabilities and Carer Council
see here
New report on life of disabled people in Australia
In General inquiry into, application and development of Ableism Ethics and Governance on August 13, 2009 at 5:09 pmHuman enhancement Study
In Ableism and general human performance enhancement; on July 11, 2009 at 2:38 pmjust out
Human Enhancement Study for Directorate General for internal policies, Policy Dept. A: Economic and Scientific Policy Science and Technology Options Assessments
AUTHORS
Mr Christopher COENEN (ITAS)
Ms Mirjam SCHUIJFF (Rathenau Institute)
Ms Martijntje SMITS (Rathenau Institute)
Mr Pim KLAASSEN (University of Amsterdam)
Mr Leonhard HENNEN (ITAS)
Mr Michael RADER (ITAS)
Mr Gregor WOLBRING (University of Calgary)
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/stoa/publications/studies/stoa2007-13_en.pdf
Most Britons think others view disabled people “as inferior”
In Ableism, Disability, perception on June 26, 2009 at 10:19 pm& June 2009
In an online survey of more than 2,000 adults by leading pollster ComRes for disability charity Scope, 53 per cent say they think most people in British society see disabled people as inferior.
In addition more than half (56 per cent) said they think disabled people are generally viewed as “victims” or “figures of pity” and 38 per cent say they are even seen as a “drain on resources”.
see here press release
and here the survey
