Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities in Canada and the UK: The Impact of its Disability Employment Laws

Gerber, Paul; Batalo, Cecilia G.; Achola, Edwin Obilo

doi:10.1002/dys.1441

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“…Employment is a key activity of adulthood that is crucial to independence (Gerber et al, 2012). However, disability can result in limited access to the open labor market and consequently less participation (Randolph, 2004) and lower income (Mont and Nguyen, 2013).…”

Section: Employment Of People With Disabilitiesmentioning

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“…The respondents were asked if their departments had approved employment and HR policies as these are crucial from the time of recruitment until the employee exits the department. Only ten (10) departments indicated that all employment and HR policies had been approved by the Head of Department (HoD). However, Respondent 10 said:…”

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“…As one of the stakeholders and the largest employer in South Africa, government has a responsibility in shaping the economic climate and initiating policies that encourage the business community to invest in hiring employees with disabilities rather than perceiving them as a possible liability or expense (Harris et al, 2013). Employment is central to independence (Gerber et al, 2012), and policy development affects the employment of disabled people (Bell and Heitmueller, 2009). The absence of workplace of specific disability employment policies has a huge impact, as managers are not obliged to hire people with disabilities in order to meet the 2% national and departmental target.…”

Section: Specific Policies For People With Disabilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The development of disability-related employment policies in the South African public service

Majola

Dhunpath

2016

Problems and Perspectives in Management

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AUTHORSBrian Kwazi Majola Rubby Dhunpath ARTICLE INFOBrian Kwazi Majola and Rubby Dhunpath (2016). The development of disabilityrelated employment policies in the South African public service. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 14(1-1), 150-159. AbstractWorldwide, the employment of people with disabilities has been challenged by the slow development of 'workplace specific' disability employment policies. The focus has been on formulating legislation to overcome barriers and the implementation of national disability policies without ensuring that workplaces formulate such policies. While laws regarding disability have been on the statute books for two decades in South Africa, little is known about how effective they have been and their impact in the workplace. This article examines whether South African government departments have developed or reviewed employment policies for the benefit of people with disabilities, and determines whether policy makers were aware of the existence of the Disability Code (Republic of South Africa, 2002) and the Technical Assistance Manual (Republic of South Africa, 2005) when the policies were developed or reviewed. Human Resource Managers from 16 government departments in KwaZulu-Natal Province were interviewed. It was found that although HR policies were in place and some were being developed, very little has been done in terms of reviewing and/or developing disability employment policies. Furthermore, the existing prescripts were not extensively used as a resource during the development of disability-related employment policies. This has negatively affected the employment of people with disabilities in the public service. It is hoped that the results will assist management, HR practitioners as policy makers, and line managers to develop disability employment policies in order to attract and retain people with disabilities. The research also contributes to the existing body of literature on disability.

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Section: Employment Of People With Disabilitiesmentioning

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Section: Approved Hr Employment Policiesmentioning

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Section: Specific Policies For People With Disabilitiesmentioning

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The development of disability-related employment policies in the South African public service

Majola

Dhunpath

2016

Problems and Perspectives in Management

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“…Relatively little is known about the specific impact of legal frameworks on the lives of persons with disabilities [5][6][7]. Previous research touching upon legal aspects in the context of spinal cord injury (SCI) consists mainly of studies looking at potential outcome differences as a result of different healthcare funding sources, e.g.…”

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Impact of legal regulations and administrative policies on persons with SCI: identifying potential research priorities through expert interviews

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Phillips

2014

Disability and Rehabilitation

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“…Both Acts require employers to make 'accommodations' (US terminology, which we adopt for the purposes of this paper) or 'adjustments' (UK terminology) to ensure that workers are not disadvantaged. Dyslexia is subject to relevant employment legislation in many advanced economies including the UK, Canada and the USA (de Beer, Engels, Heerkens, & van der Klink, 2014;Gerber, 2012;Gerber, Batalo, & Achola, 2012). In the UK alone, over 3000 individuals per year each receive approximately $1000 of public funding to access support, including technology and coaching (Gifford, 2011;Melvill, Stevens, & Vaid, 2015) Whilst workplace coaching activities are habitually dispensed as disability accommodations for dyslexic employees (Bewley & George, 2016;Doyle & Mcdowall, 2015;Melvill et al, 2015) there is a gap in psychological research with regards to theoretical framing for reviewing the purported effectiveness.…”

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A Narrative Systematic Review of Coaching Interventions to Improve Dyslexia at Work

Doyle

McDowall

2018

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Although dyslexia affects 5-8% of the workforce this developmental disorder is insufficiently researched within adult psychological research. Dyslexia confers legal protections wherein employers must provide ‘accommodations’ to support work performance, including coaching activities. Implementation of accommodations has moved forward without an evidence-base to date. The present systematic review investigates to what extent face-to-face learning interventions improve the working memory capacity and self-efficacy of adults with dyslexia guided by a realist, narrative framework. We extracted 25 studies from eleven countries, prioritizing relevant learning intervention protocols above population context, synthesizing the delivery context and impact on mechanisms of working memory (N=501) and self-efficacy (N=1211) also contextual, work-related outcomes such as comprehension. Though limited by inadequate intervention descriptions in primary papers, a narrative synthesis determined that learning interventions compliant with Social Cognitive Learning Theory elicited reliable outcomes for not only self-efficacy, as would be expected, but also improved working memory and workplace contextualized variables. Development of metacognition, stress management and fidelity to Goal Setting Theory were also inferred as valuable intervention features. Implications include the need for population-specific evaluation of the emergent conceptual framework to further our understanding of disability accommodations, and questioning the ecological validity of working memory as an intervening mechanism.

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Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities in Canada and the UK: The Impact of its Disability Employment Laws

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The development of disability-related employment policies in the South African public service

The development of disability-related employment policies in the South African public service

Impact of legal regulations and administrative policies on persons with SCI: identifying potential research priorities through expert interviews

A Narrative Systematic Review of Coaching Interventions to Improve Dyslexia at Work

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