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The Equality Act 2010: the impact on disabled people
publications.parliament.ukThere are over 11 million disabled people in the United Kingdom, and the number grows year by year. Disability affects us all—as disabled people ourselves, and as the carers, family, friends, employers, colleagues, and educators of disabled people—and it is the task of all of us to remove the barriers that
Disability Discrimination Act 2005 A law to help disabled ...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk• People who run public transport now have to do more to make sure that disabled people can use their buses, coaches, taxis and trains. People who run vehicle hire, breakdown and leisure and tourism transport services also have to do more. • Disabled people studying for qualifications like GCSEs now have to be treated fairly.
LGBTQI+ Disabled People and self-directed social care support
www.sscr.nihr.ac.ukDisabled People and how they are, or could be, supported by adult social care professionals through self-directed social care. • Improve social care professionals’ understanding of and approaches to the social care needs of LGBTQI+ Disabled People, thereby improving outcomes for service users.
Health and safety for disabled people and their employers ...
www.hse.gov.ukPage 3 Health and safety for disabled people Health and safety legislation should not prevent disabled people finding or staying in employment and should not be used ...
VAT reliefs for disabled people - eligibility declaration ...
assets.publishing.service.gov.ukVAT reliefs for disabled people - eligibility declaration by a disabled person Part 1. Supplier Note to supplier The production of this declaration does not automatically justify the zero rating of your supply. You must ensure that the goods and/or services you are supplying qualify for zero rating. Please consult Notice
Involving Disabled People in Social Research - GOV.UK
assets.publishing.service.gov.ukDisabled people can also provide valuable advice on how to make fieldwork, research reports and presentations accessible to people with different types of impairments. Disability academics have also stressed that, in the past, government social research on disability issues has failed to …
Being disabled in Britain - Equality and Human Rights ...
www.equalityhumanrights.comDisabled people across Britain are less likely to be in employment than non-disabled people. Since 2010 there has been extensive reform to UK Government employment support programmes (Access to Work and the Work Programme), but there are specific concerns
BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
equalitylink.co.uk1 SUMMARY Employment Policy (Chapter 3) Half the organisations (52%) had a policy which covered the employment of disabled people. Five out of six of these were written and a …
Welfare reform and disabled people
researchbriefings.files.parliament.ukSummary 3 1. Benefits and tax credits for disabled people 4 2. Employment and Support Allowance 6
TN38 - Logitudinal Grades for Footpaths, Walkways and …
www.tmr.qld.gov.auconsistent linkages for use by people who use wheelchairs. It is necessary to arrive at a reasonable interpretation of this document. Building Code of Australia (BCA) provides advice on this subject. The key points are:- Based on physical ability of people there is a maximum elevation that disabled people can reasonably raise themselves.
Understanding the factors that contribute to social ...
www.odi.govt.nzFor disabled people, the challenge of social exclusion is accentuated by the attitudes and behaviours that undermine their capacity to make their full contribution to New Zealand communities. For decades, until the 1980s and 1990s, disabled people were often hidden . 3. 5. 1 1. exclusion. exclusion .
DISCRIMINATION: DISABLED PEOPLE AND THE MEDIA
disability-studies.leeds.ac.ukdisabled people many charities continue to exploit them. Others focus on the 'courage and bravery' of individual 'super cripples'. Besides emphasizing the abnormality of the individuals concerned, this approach reinforces the perceived inadequacy of the …
PARKING FOR DISABLED PEOPLE - UK Roads Ltd
www.ukroads.orgLocation of Parking Bays As pedestrians, many disabled people will have a limited mobility range, and will require specially designated parking bays closer to the places they wish to visit.
The local impacts of welfare reform
www.local.gov.ukpeople from moving home, as are the costs of adapting accommodation for some disabled people. For many, maintaining housing stability has been the number one priority in responding to reform. On employment, welfare reforms do appear overall to have led to small positive impacts. The benefit cap has led to those affected being more likely to ...
DPA HANDBOOK - Disabled Parking Accreditation
www.dpaccreditation.org.ukWhilst increasing numbers of severely disabled people are now able to drive their own vehicles, being able to get into a car park at their destination is another
How conservatives think about w elfare - Bright Blue
brightblue.org.ukviews and principles people have, the economic cycle, personal experience, the media, the institutional structure of the welfare system ... Now is the opportunity to reform our welfare system by putting contribution, personal responsibility and interdependency ... disabled people to be especially deserving and contrast these sharply
DISABLING IMAGERY AND THE MEDIA - University of Leeds
disability-studies.leeds.ac.ukDisabled people and their organisations have been drawing attention to the connection between disablist imagery, the media and discrimination since at least the 1960s. In 1966 the disabled writer Paul Hunt expressed the views of many when he wrote 'We are tired of being statistics, cases, wonderfully courageous examples to the world, pitiable ...
defining impairment and disability
disability-studies.leeds.ac.ukguidance notes. The role of definitions in organisational change . Organisations (whether they be community groups or large local authorities) are, at ... Also, arrangements made to suit one individual do nothing to increase disabled people’s access to the organisation in general, either as employees or as customers. If, however, the ...
10 2016 BS 8300:2009 - DESIGN OF BUILDINGS AND THEIR ...
www.acornironmongery.comQuotation: “My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes
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