Employment of people with disabilities / report of the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs

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EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES 1
EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 13
RECOMMENDATIONS 17
CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND AND ISSUES 35
CHAPTER 2 SOCIAL JUSTICE AND DISABILITY 51
CHAPTER 3 EQUALITY - THE LAW AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION 79
CHAPTER 4 EDUCATION 123
CHAPTER 5 EMPLOYMENT - PART 1 161
CHAPTER 6 EMPLOYMENT - PART 2 251
CHAPTER 7 WAGES, INCOME SUPPORT, AND COSTS OF DISABILITY 361
LIST OF APPENDICES PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD APPENDIX 1 425
APPENDIX 2 ORGANISATIONS VISITED BY THE COMMITTEE 429
APPENDIX 3 ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO PRESENTED WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS TO THE INQUIRY 431
APPENDIX 4 WITNESSES WHO APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE 441
APPENDIX 5 TERMINOLOGY 449
APPENDIX 6 CLASSIFICATION OF IMPAIRMENTS, DISABILITIES, AND HANDICAPS 453
APPENDIX 7 DATA 459
APPENDIX 8 STATE LEGISLATION 479
APPENDIX 9 THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POUTICAL RIGHTS (ICCPR) 481
APPENDIX 10 THE ILO CONVENTION NUMBER 111, DISCRIMINATION (EMPLOYMENT AND OCCUPATION), 1958 483
APPENDIX 11 ILO CONVENTION NUMBER 159 CONCERNING VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT (DISABLED PERSONS) 485
APPENDIX 12 DECLARATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS 487
APPENDIX 13 PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES FORMULATED UNDER THE DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 1986 489
APPENDIX 14 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION ON INCOME SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES PRIOR TO 12 NOVEMBER 19911 493
APPENDIX 15 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING STATISTICS 1987-88, 1990-91 503
APPENDIX 16 COMMONWEALTH INCOME SUPPORT, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 533
GLOSSARY 539

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