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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2020

Paul David Harpur
Affiliation:
University of Queensland
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The problem of ableism against workers with psychosocial disabilities is not confined to a single jurisdiction and permeates across all jurisdictions analysed in this monograph. The stigma, exclusion and devaluing of worth is not caused by rogue workers or invisible social forces, but by lawmakers who turn bills into statutes and by courts who silently apply ableist norms and discriminate against workers because of their impairment type. This monograph highlights an unacceptable truth: to live with ability diversity is to live with adversity.

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Ableism at Work
Disablement and Hierarchies of Impairment
, pp. 1 - 17
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Introduction
  • Paul David Harpur, University of Queensland
  • Book: Ableism at Work
  • Online publication: 06 August 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108667371.002
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  • Introduction
  • Paul David Harpur, University of Queensland
  • Book: Ableism at Work
  • Online publication: 06 August 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108667371.002
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  • Introduction
  • Paul David Harpur, University of Queensland
  • Book: Ableism at Work
  • Online publication: 06 August 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108667371.002
Available formats
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