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Bethan Ward; Ste Weatherhead; Beth Greenhill – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: The Welfare Reform Act (2012) has been criticised for harming claimants, particularly through functional assessments. Although many people with intellectual disabilities in the UK receive welfare benefits, their experiences of undergoing functional assessments are under-researched. Method: Eight participants with intellectual…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Welfare Recipients, Eligibility, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Varnham, Sally – Education and the Law, 2004
When a child with a disability behaves in a manner which threatens the safety of other children and staff in the school, school authorities are faced with a dilemma. The balance between the competing interests of individuals and the school community is never more clearly seen than in such a situation. The child has a right to participate equally…
Descriptors: Expulsion, School Safety, Disability Discrimination, Court Litigation