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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
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.
The draft Disability Discrimination Bill
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Peter J.G., CULLINGWORTH Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Access by Design, 98, 2004, pp.7-8,10.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Accessible Environments
Provides an overview of the changes that the Disability Discrimination Bill will bring about, if enacted, and provides a closer look at the letting of premises and private clubs.
Disability Discrimination Act 2005: chapter 13
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 69p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 ("the 2005 Act") makes substantial amendments to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 ("the DDA") building on amendments already made to that Act by other legislation since 1999. The 2005 Act takes forward the Government's remaining proposals. The 2005 Act contains provisions giving effect to many new provisions which did not appear in the draft Bill: in particular sections 6 to 8 (rail vehicles), section 9 (disabled persons' parking badges), section 15 (general qualifications bodies) and section 16 (improvements to let dwelling houses).
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2005
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This Order provides for the coming into force of section 49 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, to the extent that it relates to provisions in the Act about the carriage of guide dogs and assistance dogs in taxis and private hire vehicles, and the granting of accessibility certificates and approval certificates in respect of public service vehicles. Section 49 makes it an offence for a person, with intent to deceive, to forge, alter, use, lend or allow another person to use a relevant document, as defined in section 49(1). Section 49(4) makes it an offence to knowingly make a false statement in order to obtain certain relevant documents.
Disability equality: making it happen; first review of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 92p.
- Place of publication:
- Stratford upon Avon
Legislation alone cannot create equality or change attitudes. However, it can set clear standards of acceptable behaviour and provide redress for individuals who have suffered injustice at the hands of others. The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) was the first formal acknowledgement in law of the existence of disability discrimination and the need for legal remedies to counter it. In this sense, the DDA has undoubtedly been a milestone rather than a millstone, to echo some of the comments of the time. Nevertheless, it was – and remains – limited in comparison with a full civil rights vision and flawed in some fundamental ways. The DDA has already been significantly strengthened since its passage in 1995. The Disability Rights Commission was established in April 2000 and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 remedied one of the most substantial gaps in the law.
Basic guide to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- Author:
- MORTON Christina
- Publisher:
- Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO)
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) creates rights for disabled people. Its main focus is on employment, access to goods, services and facilities, and education. However, there are also sections on the sale and letting of property and access to transport.The DDA defines who is protected under the term disability. Only those people who are, or have been, disabled under these terms are covered by the Act. According to the Act people are disabled if they have ‘a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities’
Disability Discrimination Act: information pack
- Author:
- DISABILITY ON THE AGENDA
- Publisher:
- Disability On the Agenda
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 7 booklets, poster, in pack.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Information pack on the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 containing booklets on: a brief guide to the Act; definition of disability; employment; access to goods and services; letting or selling land or property; education; public transport vehicles; and the National Disability Council and the Northern Ireland Disability Council. Also includes a poster containing a chart of when the provisions of the Act are expected to come into force.
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and psychiatry: lessons from the first seven years
- Author:
- GLOZIER Nick
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 28(4), April 2004, pp.126-129.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The aim was to extract relevant information for clinicians from reported and/or accessible cases involving psychiatric illness brought under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA). Institutional databases were searched for DDA cases and relevant guidance from case law extracted. Over half the cases reaching higher courts involve psychiatric illness. A number of decisions provide guidance for clinicians wishing to aid their own patients, and those involved as expert witnesses. These cover which conditions are included as impairments (almost everything in ICD-10), what associated effects are to be considered, and the relevance of comorbidity and treatment. Cases often involve recovery of clinical documents that reveal interesting variation in professional standards. Virtually all patients of psychiatrists in secondary care would be covered by the DDA. Knowledge of this Act could be used to enhance a patient’s access to employment and services, and potentially overcome some of the effects of stigmatisation.
A guide to the legislative review, first review of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The DRC believes that acting on the Task Force recommendations such as extending full disability rights to all employees, in housing, transport and public functions and placing a positive duty on the public sector to promote equal opportunities for disabled people should be a Government priority.This report includes the Task Force recommendations that the Government has yet to agree or act upon in the Legislative Review.