Disability in the workplace : a Caribbean perspective / Jacqueline H. Stephenson, Natalie Persadie.

"This work critically examines diversity, discrimination, and inclusion in the English-speaking Caribbean nations, with a specific emphasis on persons with disabilities. The chapters include an evaluative analysis on the extant theoretical and empirical literature on persons with disabilities i...

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Main Authors: Stephenson, Jacqueline H. (Author), Persadie, Natalie Renée (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Series:Palgrave explorations in workplace stigma.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Disability and discrimination
  • 2. The nature of disabilities in the Caribbean
  • 3. Education and persons with disabilities in the Caribbean: A law and policy perspective
  • 4. Disability, information technology, assistive devices and employment in the Caribbean
  • 5. Mental health disabilities and work in the Caribbean Region
  • 6. Neurodiversity in the Anglophone Caribbean
  • 7. Disability, employment and the law: A Caribbean outlook
  • 8. Disability, employment and the law: Lessons for Caribbean countries from Australia and the United Kingdom
  • 9. Experiences of disabled persons in employment in the Caribbean Region
  • 10. Conclusion.