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“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal”
José Miguel Nogueira([email protected])
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Overview:
i. The inclusion: a paradigm change
ii. The study: “The Employment of people with disabilities“
iii. Final notes and future challenges
“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
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The inclusion: a paradigm change"Inclusion is a human rights issue“(Center of Studies of Inclusive Education, s/d)
“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
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Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons (9 December 1975)
World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons (3 December 1982)
United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons 1983-1992,
Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities - Resol. 48/96 (20 December 1993).
The International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
“the road to inclusion”
“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” - José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
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European Employment Strategy
e-Europe 2002 - An Information Society For All (2000)
Council of Europe Action Plan (2006-2015)
Equal opportunities for people with disabilities: an European action plan (2004-2010) European Disability Strategy 2010-2020: A Renewed Commitment to a Barrier-Free Europe
“the road to access and participation of people with disabilities in the labor market in Europe”
“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
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Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (1976) - people with disabilities - equal (the same) rights and duties
Exclusive legislation to promote the rights of persons with disabilities
National Action Plan on Disability (PAIPDI)
National Disability Strategy (ENDEF)
Active employment measures and other public incentives
“At national level”:
“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
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Integration support Information, evaluation and guidance for qualification;
and employment; Support placement and post placement Funding for removing barriers and another adaptations
Support Employment Stages (up to 12 months); “Insertion Employment-Contract” (socially useful activities); Supported Employment-Contract.
Merit Award (for companies with good practices)
Disability Support Products
Main mesures in Portugal
“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
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The Study
“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
the employment of people with disabilities
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“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
The Study:
Objetives
Characterization ofworkers
with disabilities
Evaluate the
professional performance of workers with disabilities
Evaluate the satisfaction of workers
with disabilities about their
career
Know the access to
employment and career
Identify the physical and
cultural barriers
Know the use of public
support measures
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Methodology:
Study
View of companies
View of workers
View of key
actors
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View of Companies
Online Survey
Representative sample
companies / organizations100 or more workers with
disabilities
202 surveys(October and November 2009)
“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
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View of workers
Attendance survey
Representative sample
companies / organizations100 or more workers with
disabilities
328 surveys(July and August 2010)
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View of key actors
Academics viewGovernment view Organizations of
people with disabilities viewOrganizations of Employers view
11 semi-directiveinterviews
(March and April 2010)
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Results
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“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
The 202 companies object of study (more than 100 employees), employed 146.760 employees, 1.720 (1,2%) with disabilities
1,2%
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“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
7.0%
26.0%
35.0%
27.0%
5.0%21-30 years31-40 years41-50 years
Male58,8%
Female41,2%
(Goncalves & Nogueira, 2013)
General characterization of workers with disabilities
by age and gender
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Characterization of workers with disabilities: Difficulties in functionality (activities of daily living)
21,3%
13,7545,2
%
7,6%
5,8%
6,4% Difficulty seeing even with glasses or contact lenses
Difficulty hearing, even using hearing aid
Difficulty walking or climbing stairs
Difficulties of memory or concentration
Difficulty bathing or dress himself
Difficult to understand others or to make himself understood
(Very difficult or can not to do)
“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
(Goncalves & Nogueira, 2013)
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“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
4,1%
16,7%
10,6%
3,5%
27,1%
35,2%
2,8%
Mental / development functions
Vision functions
Auditive functions
Other sensory functions
Internal body system / Organs
Functions of the joints of muscles, bones (move-ment)
Functions of the skin and related structures
(Goncalves & Nogueira, 2013)
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• Comparison between the level of qualifications of workers' with disabilities and the universe of employees of companies with 100 or more employees
“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
With no educational quali-fications
1st cycle
2nd cycle
3rd cycle
Secondary education
Higher education
Other
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
9.9
19.8
10.9
18.7
21.9
14.4
4.4
1.1
16.5
15.2
22.3
25.8
18.3
0.8
Works in general Works with disabilities
%
(Goncalves & Nogueira, 2013)
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• Integration in the company
• Companies view
• View of disablities Workers
“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
Good integra-tion
90.1%
Some problems9.9%
Good integration; 93,9%
Some problems; 5,5%
Difficult (many prob-lems); 0,6%
(Goncalves & Nogueira, 2013)
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• With regard to absenteeism, the workers with disabilities, absent from work:
More often than workers without disabilities
5.0%
As often as employees without disabilities
78.3%
Less often than workers without disabilities
16.7%
“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
(Goncalves & Nogueira, 2013)
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• Satisfaction with the professional performance of the workers with disabilities
23,3%
66,3%
10,4%
Very satisfiedSatisfiedDo not know / no answer
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• Satisfaction with productivity of the workers with disabilities
“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
13,9%
72,8%
2,0%
11,3%
Very productiveProductiveUnproductiveDo not know / no answer
(Goncalves & Nogueira, 2013)
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View of Key Actors
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Strengths (Key actors perspective)
“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
• The stigma tends to disappear when people with disabilities have the opportunity to demonstrate their usefulness to the company;
• The major companies have developed social responsibility strategies;
• In Portugal, the right to non-discrimination in employment is guaranteed in national legislation;
• Portugal has also many specific active employment measures for people with disabilities (recent implementation of the measure "supported employment“)
• Entrepreneurs agreed to help disseminate the results of this study to their peers
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Weaknesses (Key actors perspective)
“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
• Although some advances, does not exist yet equal opportunities in access to employment in Portugal
• Overall, the companies unknown the active employment measures for people with disabilities;
• There is also a lack of knowledge about the real productive capacity of people with disabilities;
• The type and level of disability affects in access and in the career;
• Until does not improve the education and training of the people with disabilities, discrimination in employment will be continue
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Final Notes
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•The integration of people with disabilities in the labor market is currently seen as a matter of human rights and a key factor for their inclusion;
• The results of this study show when the people with disabilities have opportunities to work, they demonstrate their value;
• The findings show that it is a myth that disabled people are incapable. People with disabilities don't have integration problems, are assiduous, productive or useful to organizations;
• The results also show that employing people with disabilities is not merely a case of social responsibility, is in fact “a good business for companies”.
• However (and this is the point), how can the employment of people with disabilities increase in a country with a high global unemployment rate?
• This is the biggest challenge
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Ap
pro
ach We must take people with
disabilities “out the boxes”
Participation and Empowerment
Society FOR ALL
Promoting the equal Opportunities
Highlights
InclusiveSociety
Employment is a way to …
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… It's just a matter of human rights
OBRIGADO - THANK YOU !
“Disability need not be an obstacle to success” Stephen W Hawking
“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal” José Miguel Nogueira ([email protected])
“The myths and the facts of disability and work in Portugal”
José Miguel Nogueira([email protected])