Bringing together contributions from institutions such as the OECD, the WHO, the World Bank and the European Disability Forum, as well as policy makers and researchers, this volume focuses on disability and work. The contributors address a wide range of issues including what it means to be disabled, what rights and responsibilities society has for people with disabilities, how disability benefits should be structured, and what role employers should play. Fundamental reading for specialists in disability, social protection and public economics, and for social policy academics, researchers and students generally, Transforming Disability Welfare Policies makes an enormous contribution to the literature.

Preface
Introduction: Main Findings and Conclusions from the OECD Report - and Critical Queries
Disability programmes in need of reform, OECD
Transforming disability into ability
A commentary based on recent European research
Opening Statements
Transforming disability into ability - results and conclusions from the OECD study of disability policies for the working-age population in 20 member countries
The US Department of Labor perspective
The French government's perspective on disability and employment
What Do We Mean by 'Being Disabled'?
Measuring disability and measuring the impact of living with a disability
What do we mean by being disabled? A WHO perspective
What do we mean by being disabled? A regional NGO perspective
Ability assessment in pre-pension and flex job schemes
What do we mean by being disabled? Session report
What Rights and Responsibilities for Society and for Persons with Disabilities?
The OECD perspective on mutual obligations
Disability, the organization of work, and the need for change
Towards mutual responsibilities; a Dutch blueprint
Should we establish a system of 'mutual obligations' for persons with disabilities?
'Escape into disability'
The Polish transformation country experience
What rights and responsibilities for society and for persons with disabilities? Session report
Excursus: new directions in disability (benefit) policy: the Dutch experience
Who Needs Activation, How, and When?
Who needs activation, how and when? Introductory comments
Building new pathways to work
Activation through sheltered work? Not if but how
Not only Samhall
A Swedish report
Who needs supported employment and how?
Comments on the policy conclusions
Who needs activation, how and when? Session report
How Should Disability Benefits Be Structured?
How should disability benefits be structured? Session report
How should disability benefits be structured? A World Bank view
How should disability benefits be structured? The Australian experience
A programme for better health in working life in Sweden
The new benefit strategy being implemented in Luxembourg
Reflections on disability based on a comparison of 19 rich democracies
What Should and What Can Employers Do?
Transforming disability into an ability: what can employers do? Christoph M. Schmidt
Employers and disability: adapting modern work organizations
What should and what can employers do? A German government perspective
Employing those not expected to work: the stunning changes in the employment of single mothers and people with disabilities in the United States in the 1990s
How to get employers to take on greater responsibility for the inclusion of disabled people in working life?
Role of employers in transforming disability into ability: learning from Dutch mistakes
Barriers to Participation
A Session Organized by the European Disability Forum/ EDF
Transforming disability into ability: session report on barriers to participation
The change in mentality needed for society to promote employment opportunities for people with disabilities
Mental barriers in general labour market policy
Moving towards equality for disabled Londoners
The employment of people with disabilities in France
Notes on Contributors
Related OECD/European Centre Publications
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