The Palgrave Handbook of Disability at Work

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvii

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2. Introduction

   • Sandra L. Fielden, Mark E. Moore, Gemma L. Bend

   Pages 1-21

3. Legal Aspects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. Generating Interdisciplinary Insights to Regulate for Inclusive Employment

      • Liz Oliver

      Pages 25-44

   3. Confronting Episodic Disability in the Workplace: The Canadian Experience

      • Odelia Bay, Roxanne Mykitiuk

      Pages 45-62

   4. Determining Work Capacity

      • Jerome Edmund Bickenbach

      Pages 63-78

   5. Laws for the Right to Work of Disabled People: The Italian Experience

      • Massimiliano Agovino, Agnese Rapposelli

      Pages 79-95

4. Transitions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97

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   2. Career Management: The Transition Process for Workers with Disability

      • Hannah Meacham, Timothy Bartram, Jillian Cavanagh

      Pages 99-114

   3. From Education to Employment: A Transition Story

      • Valerie Critten

      Pages 115-130

   4. Innovative Strategies: Successful Transition to Work for People with Disabilities

      • Joyce Bender

      Pages 131-150

   5. Supporting Meaningful Employment for Individuals with Autism

      • Jennifer R. Spoor, Darren Hedley, Timothy Bartram

      Pages 151-166

5. Types of Employment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167

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   2. Supported Employment: A Case Study to Highlight Experiences and to Inform Support Practices

      • Gemma L. Bend

      Pages 169-185

   3. Strategic Planning for the Inclusion of People with Disabilities into Work Organizations

      • Mark E. Moore, Lana L. Huberty

      Pages 187-202

   4. Levels of Employment: Considerations and Interventions for the 21st Century Labour Market

      • Roy J. Del Valle

      Pages 203-218

   5. Breaking Barriers by Patterning Employment Success

      • Mukta Kulkarni, W. Scot Atkins, David C. Baldridge

      Pages 219-235

6. Levels of Employment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237

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   2. The Impact of Pain on Work and Professional Careers

      • Sandra L. Fielden, Piers J. A. Lesser

      Pages 239-253

   3. Understanding (Disabled People as) Ghosts in Professional Work: The Contribution of Feminist Research

      • Deborah Foster, Jannine Williams

      Pages 255-271

This scholarly handbook covers all aspects of people with disabilities entering the workplace, including the legal aspects, transitions, types, and levels of employments, the impact of different disabilities, and the consideration of the intersection of disability with other identities such as gender and ethnicity. Comprehensive in scope, chapters look beyond organizational strategies that accommodate an employee’s disability and use case studies to highlight important issues and the individual’s perspective. The handbook concludes with a reflection on the work included in the book, what was not included and why, and makes recommendations for future disability research. Marking a major contribution to the study of workplace diversity and bringing together academics from various disciplines and global regions, this handbook covers a truly broad and diverse mix of approaches, theories, and models.

• workplace
• disabilities
• diversity
• individual
• employee
• legislation
• policy
• discrimination
• bias
• inclusion
• identity
• employee relations
• HR
• management

• Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

  Sandra L. Fielden

• Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, USA

  Mark E. Moore

• The Open University Business School, Milton Keynes, UK

  Gemma L. Bend

Sandra L. Fielden is Honorary Senior Lecturer in Organizational Psychology in the Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester, a Chartered Occupational Psychologist, an associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and suffers from Fibromyalgia, Chron’s disease, and other complex health problems.


Mark E. Moore is a faculty member in the Department of Kinesiology at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. His research interests relate to the examination of organizational and marketing theories as they apply to sport organizations. Mark is a wheelchair user and has a speech impediment because of cerebral palsy.


Gemma L. Bend is currently completing her PhD at the Open University Business School in the Department for People and Organisations. Since childhood, she has been a carer for individuals suffering from both mental and physical disabilities and she herself suffers from Endometriosis.

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