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Philip, The 'Two Tick' (Access To Work Scheme) Positive about disabled people scheme is organised by the Disability Services Team, which is an umbrella branch of the Department For Employment. If you contract your local department they should be able to provide you with statistical evidence of any impact the scheme has made. The scheme replaced the old 'Green Card' system where people who were registered disabled could state so on the application form. (I.e. I think it was that any large organisation were expected to ensure that 3% of their workforce were disabled people. It was not monitored and therefore impossible to prove that organisations employed disabled people at all). We no longer have to register as disabled people. But when applying for a job under the new two tick system we obviously have to state that we are disabled people. However, this still does not guarantee an interview, which is often the assumption. If employers use the scheme it does imply 'Good employment practice' but I think you will see from the number of tribunal cases successfully fought under the Disability Discrimination Act, proves that there is still a long way to go regarding discrimination and employment. Statistics for the number of tribunal cases can be obtained from the Disability Rights Commission. The best thing to come from the Access To Work scheme is the funding they can provide to disabled people for essential equipment/travel/pa' s, to enable disabled people to either return to work or remain in work. This ensures that employers cannot refuse to employ a disabled person using the excuse of costly equipment etc. Further, the scheme is under used! Hope this helps! Regards -- Rosie. Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds BSc (Hons) RMS - Disability Issues Consultancy e-mail (1) [log in to unmask] e-mail (2) [log in to unmask] web site www.rms-cons.demon.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: Philip Scullion <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 8:51 AM Subject: Two Ticks > In the UK there is a scheme using two ticks-Positive > about disabled people, which implies that disabled > people who meet the job-specifcation on paper will be > invited for interview. It also implies other > committments in the field of good employment > practices. > > I wonder if is begining to have any impact? Can anyone > direct me please? > > ===== > Philip Scullion > Senior Lecturer > Health and Social Sciences > Coventry University > UK > > ____________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > > ________________End of message______________________ > > Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List > are now located at: > > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > > You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page. > ________________End of message______________________ Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List are now located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.