This document summarizes a presentation on international crisis and opportunities in European rehabilitation. It discusses the impact of globalization on work, culture, and society. It outlines trends in Europe, Ireland, and barriers to employment for people with disabilities. It proposes opportunities for international partnership through best practices, student exchanges, collaborative research, and developing common standards to promote inclusion of people with disabilities. The presentation argues that addressing global challenges requires international cooperation and learning from diverse perspectives.
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International Crisis - Global Opportunity: diversity, inclusion and best practice in European rehabilitation
1. International Crisis - Global Opportunity:
diversity, inclusion and best practice in European
rehabilitation
Dr. Alan Bruce
Universal Learning Systems, Dublin, Ireland
IARP: DM/CM Conference
Scottsdale, Arizona
12 February 2011
2. Objectives
To explore the labor market situation and
experience of people with disabilities in Europe
Identify core issues in European labor market
participation for people with disabilities
Outline barriers to accessing employment from EU
and Irish perspectives
Outline best practice and opportunities for
international partnership
4. Antonio Gramsci
The old world is dying.
The new world struggles to be born.
Now is the time of monsters.
5. Dynamics of globalization
Seismic shift in human relationships
Impact of ICT
Competitive pressures
New forms of work organization
Instant, multidimensional communications
Quality standards
6. Impact on Work
Patterns of constant change
Permanent migration mobility
Outsourcing
Flexible structures and modalities
End of job norms
Knowledge economy
Structural inequalities
7. Impact on Culture
End of old certainties
No return to ‘normal’
Multilingualism as standard
Polymorphic media
Uncertainty
Lifelong learning
Diversity
8. Global trends
Demographic changes: ageing and life expectancy
Women and labor market participation
Immigration
Cultural and religious difference
Conflict and stress
Urbanization
9. Global imperatives
Radical re-structuring of global economy
Interconnected information and communication
Differential access to resources
Ecological degradation
Decline of rural life
11. Globalization: the threats
Persistence and increase in inequality
Permanent hopelessness of excluded
Embedded violence
Internal underclass
External invisibility
12. Globalization: opportunities
Time warp of nation state
Integration and participation
Learning without borders
Global commodification and dissemination of
knowledge
‘Collective effort not collective answers’ (Therborn)
13. Slavoj Zizek
Both private and public are being redefined by
systemic crisis. We we live in a permanent
economic state of emergency.
14. Implications
The emergence of a true global economy
dictates a new role in international activities
to promote the well being of persons with
disabilities through access to jobs, better
technology and social supports...
Source: NIDRR Long Range Plan 1999-2004
16. European vistas
Historical legacies
Colonial ghosts (Fanon and French psychiatry)
Scandinavian social democracy
Catholic social teaching
Conditional rights
Backdrops of exterminism
Identities in transition
17. European Union: rationale
Prevent return to war post 1945
Greater integration
New and innovative space
Role of labor market
Social Europe
Creative Europe
Directions: federation – free trade area – what?
18. European Union: structures
Member States: 27
Population: 450 m.
European Parliament
European Commission
Council of Ministers
Directorates General and spheres of competence
Innovative learning initiatives
Best practice
19. EU Disability frameworks
Government - Citizen
rights, entitlements, services, standards
Disability Rights
medicalization, independent living
Equality - Diversity
empowerment, quality, linkage
20. EU strategy against social
exclusion (Treaty of Nice 1998)
Innovation
Coordination and integration
Partnership
End user participation
Service quality initiatives
21. Why ‘exclusion’?
Combating active and passive discrimination
Moral inequity
Preventing longer term instability
Social solidarity - fraternité
All have the right to participate
22. EU Strategy: Lisbon Declaration
Leading innovative and dynamic global economy
by 2010
Thematic pillars:
Innovation
Adaptability
Lifelong learning
Equal Opportunities
23. EU Challenges
Racism
Immigration
Inequality
Unbalanced access
Expansion
Demographic changes - ageing
Rehabilitation and disability
Economic and financial crisis post 2008
24. Ireland
Legacies of history
Colonialism
Emigration
Socio-economic underdevelopment
Political turmoil
Impact of the Churches
Charity and voluntarism
Bust to boom – and back again….
25. Ireland: structures
The divided island
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Democracy and governance
Social welfare systems
Economic strategies
Education and learning
Intercultural identities – the impact of immigration
26. Disability in Ireland
Structural Change
Independent Living
Legislation: Disability Act 2005
Equality Act 2002 and the Nine Grounds
Professional Competence
Mainstreaming
Standards
Employment Outcomes
27. Rehabilitation education in Ireland
Fragmented European stance
Lack of common conceptual frame or terminology
Diverse educational structures
Traditions of charity and dependence
Lack of systematic research
Weak policy
Persistent stigma
28. Irish responses
NUI Maynooth - training of trainers
UCD - intellectual disabilities and Disability Studies
NUI Cork - Disability Support Service and Allied Health
Studies
Tipperary Institute - disability/community development
Queen’s University Belfast - Occupational Psychology
NUI Galway - Human Rights Center and Equality and
Diversity programs
NDA
29. Irish US linkage
University of Illinois (Urbana) - MS (1997-2000)
University of Illinois (Chicago) - Intellectual Disabilities
Johns Hopkins - NCI Dublin
University of Wisconsin Stout - professional development
University of Memphis - Tipperary Institute (2007)
Virginia Commonwealth - supported employment
Cornell - post conflict
30. Employment and barriers – shared
perspectives
Both U.S. and Ireland have had successful models
of rehabilitation
Common language
Historical connections
Interlinked cultures
31. Common needs
Consumer-Driven Change
Assessment-Based Decision Making
Disability Management
Social and Cultural Awareness
Research Orientation
Program Evaluation
32. Labor market barriers
Literacy
Numeracy
Health problems
Family issues
Housing
Transport
Low staff qualifications
33. Failure to work
The OECD study shows that different policy
approaches in different countries had little
or no effect on outcomes. The most striking
commonality was that there was no outflow
from disability programs to jobs.
OECD 2003
34. Diversity and employment
Permanent labor market feature
Impact of legislation
HRM best practice
Cascades learning organizationally
Adaptable creativity
35. Towards best practice
Professional identity
Social inclusion
Rights
Mutual benefit
Not optional in a globalized world
36. Shaping standards
Creanova Project (2008 - 2011)
Innovation and creativity in learning
Partners: ES, FI, IE, IT, FR, UK, DE, EE
Discovering Vision
37. Mikkeli project
Finland in context
Immigration and change
Ageing and care
38. EDEN European Distance and E-
learning network
Focus on new learning
Annual conference: Dublin June 2011 Learning and
Sustainability
Classroom of the Future Conference: Athens October 2011
Linkage to USDLA and Sloan
39. U-Employ
Partners: RO; IE; BG; HU; FI
Placement training
IARP linkage
40. Future directions
Consumer advocacy
Student and peer exchanges
Collaborative research
Knowledge dissemination
Systems change
41. Agenda for engagement
Student and staff exchanges
Shared policy development
Best practice
Common standards development
Linkage to emancipatory research models
Universal design models
42. What’s in it for me?
Professional identity
Social inclusion focus and linkage
Increased international business opportunities
Mutual benefit
Not optional in a globalized world
43. What’s in it for IARP?
Real international focus
Shared expertise
Increased member benefit
Strategic inputs on policy
44. Professional competence – global
resources
ILO
Gladnet
UN
OECD
European Foundation
Rehabilitation International
Developing countries’ networks - CBR, China
45. Transforming futures - together
Learning from difference
Creative dynamism
Accepting global responsibility
Asserting vision
46. Thank you
Dr. Alan Bruce
Universal Learning Systems
34 Charleville Road
DUBLIN 7
Ireland
abruce@ulsystems.com