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Free2pee: lifting the lid on bad access
- Authors:
- CROOKS Andrew, MAY Paul, MCGINLAY Kate
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Free 2 Pee campaign is encouraging as many people to complete a short access survey. Free 2 Pee highlights that when a disabled person visits a restaurant, cinema, tourist attraction, sporting venue or bar they have a right to use a toilet. But many building are being caught short by not providing proper facilities.
Access by Design
- Publisher:
- Centre for Accessible Environments
Access by Design is the leading UK publication with a focus on design, disability and access to the built environment. Published quarterly, Access by Design regularly features: design sheets, building studies, updates on legislation, reports on current research and book reviews. Articles from this journal were abstracted and indexed selectively on Social Care Online.
The in-crowd
- Author:
- GREENWOOD Lynne
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 29.1.04, 2004, pp.40-41.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Obstacles that make it difficult for disabled people to use healthcare premises will soon be outlawed when the Disability Discrimination Act is fully enforced. Looks at what support is available when trusts have to convert their premises.
Variations in providers capacity to offer accessible health care for people with disabilities
- Authors:
- BACHMAN Sara S., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 6(3), 2007, pp.47-63.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Results from a comprehensive Massachusetts-based survey of providers about access to health care for people with primarily physical disabilities are presented, and suggest that a minority of providers report difficulties. Dentists and mental health/substance abuse providers are significantly less likely than others to report that they provide accessible services, are less likely to report having received training related to mobility impairment, the installation of mirrors and accessible doors at their premises, and the provision of help with personal care needs. Conversely, they are more likely to report that their premises pose barriers for disabled people. A social work framework for understanding the individual in a social environment may be the most effective for creating innovative strategies for addressing the complex and multi-dimensional needs of people with disabilities who experience limited access to health care services.(Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
The facilitators
- Author:
- GARBODEN Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.2.07, 2007, p.28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Nottingham project 'Changing Place' enables those with severe disabilities to use the public facilities most of us take for granted. The team designed a disabled toilet facility for public places such as shopping centres and hospitals, to raise awareness of the lack of available and suitable facilities.
The Disability Discrimination Act 2005: an audio guide
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- sound cassette
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides a brief commentary on the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act
Access audit handbook
- Author:
- GRANT Alison
- Publisher:
- Centre for Accessible Environments; RIBA Publishing
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 130p., DVD
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a multimedia planning tool for auditing the accessibility of buildings and services, and writing reports in appropriate formats in the context of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, funding requirements and best practice in building management. The handbook offers straightforward guidance about undertaking access audits and the various report formats to best communicate recommendations. Practical advice is supported by a range of case studies and an authoritative worked example of a successful report based on a real-life access audit. This is supplemented by a series of up-to-date auditing checklists and a DVD that includes both editable, electronic versions of the checklists and an award-winning film, Access Audits: a planning tool for businesses, which will provide a good understanding of what access audits are, their purpose and how to carry one out.
Code of practice: rights of access; goods, facilities, services and premises
- Author:
- EQUALITY COMMISSION FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
- Publisher:
- Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 203p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
The Equality Commission has produced this Code of Practice on Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). The Code provides guidance for service providers on the measures they should take from October 2004 to ensure that physical features do not make their services impossible or unreasonably difficult for disabled people to use. The Act sets out four possible options for service providers: removing, altering or avoiding a physical feature, or providing the service by alternative means. The DDA does not prescribe what approach the service provider should use. However, the Commission believes that good practice and the most sensible approach will be to remove or alter the physical barrier to the service wherever this is possible. This is undoubtedly the most effective long term solution for both the service provider and disabled people.
The Disability Discrimination Act 2005
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Peter J.G.
- Journal article citation:
- Access by Design, 103, Summer 2005, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Accessible Environments
The author provides a brief commentary on the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act in relation to access to buildings and services.
Improving Disabled People's Access to Health Provision: conference; 28 February 2003, Stirling
- Author:
- IMPROVING DISABLED PEOPLE'S ACCESS TO HEALTH PROVISION CONFERENCE
- Publisher:
- Scottish Human Services Trust
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 134p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Since 1 October 1999, the Disability Discrimination Act has required service providers to make “reasonable adjustments” for disabled people, such as providing extra help or making changes to the way they provide their service. From 1 October 2004, these requirements will be extended in relation to physical barriers to access. The Scottish Executive, NHS Scotland, and Disability Rights Commission believe that improved access to health provision for disabled people should not be led by legislation alone. Improving access is not just about the built environment - it is about developing inclusive attitudes and practices that permeate every aspect of services so that people have their diverse needs recognised. The conference aimed to encourage an open debate about the current position within the NHS and to encourage delegates to champion this agenda in their workplace.