Program
09:00 am - 09:20 am: Welcome and coffee-tea ☕🥐🍏
09:20 am - 09:30 am: Introductory remarks by Anne Revillard
09:30 am - 10:30 am: Book presentation - "La théorie féministe au défi du handicap"
by Célia Bouchet, Mathéa Boudinet, Maryam Koushyar and Gaëlle Larrieu, with the support of the "Les Dévalideuses" collective.
Moderator: Anne Revillard
🎤 Discussion with the audience
10:30 am - 11:00 am: Break
11:00 am - 12:30 am: First session of parallel presentations 💬
In several themed rooms, three young researchers will take turns presenting their work. Each presentation will be discussed by a pair consisting of a senior researcher and a representative from the associative and institutional fabric, and will be the subject of a dialogue with the audience.
Room 1 – Socio-economic inequalities
This session explores the economic trajectories of people with disabilities in Europe from three complementary angles.
Justine Bondoux analyzes the impact of disability on individual income and the labor supply of spouses, as well as the relationship between unemployment and disabling illnesses, based on longitudinal data from the SHARE (Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe) survey.
📢 “The cross-relationship between disability and the labor market in Europe”
Adèle Merle examines the dynamics of impoverishment and protection strategies for people with disabilities, combining statistical analysis and ethnography.
📢 “Lifelong impoverishment. Forms of poverty, projective synthesis, and positioning of people with disabilities”
Alessandro Arrigoni proposes a comparative framework for legislative regimes promoting economic autonomy, distinguishing between labor market access mechanisms, support services, and social transfers. Together, these works shed light on the interactions between disability, public policy, and socioeconomic conditions.
📢 “Mapping Economic Empowerment Policies: A Framework for Comparing Disability Regimes.”
🎤 Discussion [to be confirmed]
Room 2 – Schooling, education, and training
This session examines the inclusion of people with disabilities from childhood to professional integration. It will analyze the mechanisms, practices, and dynamics that influence the life paths and opportunities for inclusion of young people.
Daniela Ortiz compares the economic empowerment of young people in France and South Africa using a mixed methodology.
📢 “Access to and retention of employment for young people with disabilities in France and South Africa”
Syliane Questel studies educational inclusion in France, analyzing the allocation and use of material and human resources as well as their reception by educational stakeholders.
📢 “Educational inclusion: allocation, use, and utilization of material and human resources for children with disabilities”
Caroline Lours examines the socialization of children with disabilities in France and Belgium, highlighting the tensions between inclusion and specialization, as well as the risks of stigmatization when resources are insufficient. This cross-disciplinary session provides an understanding of the continuities and discontinuities in the trajectories of inclusion and access to rights for young people with disabilities.
📢 “The socialization of children with disabilities. The necessary articulation of inclusion and specialization”
🎤 Discussion [pending confirmation]
Room 3 - Disability in the workplace
This session brings together two doctoral research projects on the working conditions of people with disabilities.
Rachel Le Marois analyzes the dilemmas of disclosing disability in the workplace and shows how this personal decision becomes a collective process governed by managerial and financial considerations.
📢 “To disclose or not to disclose one's disability at work: A qualitative study on the management of invisible disabilities in France”
Léa Rodriguez questions the employment requirement for autistic women by adopting a broader definition of work, including domestic, relational, and therapeutic activities that are often invisible.
📢 “Breaking out of the bubble: the social aspect of the work experience of autistic women”
Quentin Grangé studies the emerging role of disability advisors in ordinary environments, seeking to understand the historical and social origins of this new profession of employment intermediary.
📢 “The professional integration of workers with disabilities in ordinary work environments (research on disability advisors)”
🎤 Discussion [pending confirmation]
Room 4 - Protected facilities, ESATs, and working conditions
This session explores contemporary developments in professional integration schemes for people with disabilities, from protected environments to adapted companies.
Elodie Leclerc presents research on improving well-being at work in ESATs through physical activity, questioning the conditions for the fulfillment of people welcomed into these establishments.
📢 “The role of physical activity in promoting well-being at work for people with intellectual disabilities in ESATs”
Xavier Poupart revisits the notion of adaptation to work in ESATs from a developmental perspective, proposing a shift from a logic of inclusion to an approach based on the workers themselves taking ownership of their work.
📢 “Adapting work in ESATs: a perspective for the fulfillment of workers”
Raphaël Laurent questions the economic and social viability of adapted companies as an alternative to the traditional protected environment, analyzing their ability to reconcile economic performance and social integration. These three presentations outline a reflection on professional support in protected and adapted environments.
📢 “Adapted companies: a factor in social and professional integration”
🎤 Discussion [awaiting confirmation]
*** 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm: Lunch break ***
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Book presentation -
“Putting an end to misconceptions about disability,” by Clara Mautalent.
Moderator: Anne Revillard
🎤 Discussion with the audience
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm: Break
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm: Second session of parallel presentations 💬
In several themed rooms, three young researchers take turns presenting their work. Each presentation is discussed by a pair consisting of a senior researcher and a representative from the associative and institutional fabric, and is followed by a dialogue with the audience.
Room 5 – Professional skills and support for employment
This session explores the transformations in professional support for people with disabilities through three complementary approaches.
Alice Dumas examines the evolution of the Cap Emploi advisor profession and proposes rethinking the tools used to support people with mental disabilities in finding employment from a constructivist perspective.
📢 “How can we better support people with mental disabilities in finding employment by rethinking the role of Cap Emploi advisors and the tools they use?”
Anne Jaeger analyzes the changes in the professional skills of support workers in ESATs (work assistance establishments) and inclusion programs, revealing the tensions between protection and production that are redefining support practices.
📢 “The transformation of the professional skills of support workers for workers with disabilities working in institutions and inclusion schemes in protected or ordinary environments”
Finally, Eric Bousquet highlights, through research in Integration Workshops, that training and supervision of socio-professional support workers, informed by psychoanalysis and institutional psychotherapy, promote greater awareness of psychological suffering.
📢 “Clinical approach to psychological suffering in socio-professional integration: rethinking support practices”
🎤 Discussion [awaiting confirmation]
Room 6: Changing public policies: ideology, processes, and actors
This session examines contemporary changes in public policies on the employment of people with disabilities from three complementary angles.
Alexandre Salvatori traces the historical origins of the 1987 law on the obligation to employ workers with disabilities by analyzing the role of institutional entrepreneurs in the emergence and institutionalization of this structuring mechanism.
📢 "Emergence and institutionalization of public policy in favor of the employment of people with disabilities. A historical study of institutional entrepreneurs in the field of disability."
Louise Pasquiers examines recent sectoral changes in disability and employment policies since 2005, using a comparative Franco-German approach to reveal the ambiguities of the relationship between inclusion and activation in the transition from welfare to workfare.
📢 “Making the unemployable employable. Transformations in public action for the employment of people with disabilities”
Finally, Adrien Carpentier analyzes the ambivalences of the protected sector, particularly ESATs, caught between aspirations for inclusion and constraints of profitability, questioning the impact of new conditional financing methods on support practices.
📢 “Social policies on disability and healthcare capitalism: The ambivalence of the protected sector between support, exclusion, commodification, and exploitation”
🎤 Discussion [pending confirmation]
Room 7 – OETH: changes in legal frameworks and organizational practices
This session examines the effectiveness and levers for improving policies for the professional inclusion of people with disabilities through four distinct approaches.
Eloïse Menestrier assesses the impact of the 2020 OETH reform using a quantitative double difference analysis, revealing mixed effects depending on company size.
📢 "Does the Obligation to Employ Disabled Workers promote the hiring of people with disabilities? The case of the extension of the quota's scope in 2020."
Stéphanie Berthomé questions the limits of the French legal framework in light of the low employment rate of people with disabilities (44% compared to 73% for the general population), arguing for a move away from a restrictive approach in favor of a partnership between companies and the medical-social sector.
📢 “Legal levers for the professional inclusion of people with disabilities in companies”
Finally, Sophie Dessein analyzes the role of specialized labor market intermediaries (firms, associations, public services) in the deployment of disability policies in companies. This research offers a renewed understanding of professional inclusion, questioning both the effectiveness of existing measures and the organizational and legal levers to be mobilized.
📢 “What role do ‘labor market intermediaries’ play in the implementation of disability policies in companies?”
🎤 Discussion [awaiting confirmation]
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm: Conclusion, informal discussions, and networking.
Anne Revillard
