Search results for ‘Subject term:"physical disabilities"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 10 of 25
Rights muddle
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.7.94, 1994, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Owing to a misunderstanding over legislation the rights of disabled people for housing and support are often going unrecognised.
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.
Disability Discrimination Act 1995: code of practice; rights of access, goods, facilities, services and premises
- Authors:
- NATIONAL DISABILITY COUNCIL, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Employment
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 99p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Revised code of practice dealing with duties placed by Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 on those providing goods, facilities or services to the public and those selling, letting or managing premises.
Housing and the Disability Discrimination Act (1995)
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Integrate News, 63, March 1997, pp.7-9.
Gives an extract from a recent RNIB publication of a workshop held at an RNIB Conference. The workshop addresses designing an environment which is accessible to visually impaired people.
Home help
- Author:
- HIRST Judy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.10.96, 1996, p.11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes how new housing legislation could undermine the rights of disabled people to a decent home and independent living, and leave them at the mercy of private sector landlords.
Code of practice: rights of access; goods, facilities, services and premises; issued by the Secretary of State for Social Security pursuant to Section 51(2) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- Author:
- NATIONAL DISABILITY COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- HMSO/National Disability Council
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Code dealing with the first duties on those providing goods, facilities or services not to discriminate against disabled people. Also deals with the duties on those selling, letting and managing premises. These duties come into force from 2nd December 1996.
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).
Disability, social exclusion and the consequential experience of justiciable problems
- Authors:
- O'GRADY A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 19(3), May 2004, pp.259-271.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In this article, the authors examine the situation of disabled people in England and Wales with regard to one specific aspect of social exclusion--experience of justiciable problems, and the potential effects such problems can have on their lives. Having defined 'disability', they examine how this fits within the wider dialogue on social exclusion issues. By analysing the results of the Legal Services Research Centre's (LSRC) periodic survey of justiciable problems, they find that disabled respondents were not only more likely to experience a problem, but also experienced more problems. Increased likelihood of a problem was observed in the majority of problem categories and particularly those relating to issues of social exclusion, such as housing and welfare benefits. This propensity to experience multiple problems can lead to a negative impact on the lives of long-term ill and disabled people.
Research into practice
- Author:
- WINGHAM Gaynor
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.03.04, 2004, p.48.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Disabled children and their families are rarely highlighted in reports about housing problems, although unsuitable housing has a major impact on family life. It may be opportune with the current emphasis on integrated children's services to revisit research on good practice in housing disabled children and their families. The needs of disabled children and their families should be included in any study of, or changes to, housing services.
Back to the future: the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act
- Author:
- ALLIRAJAH Duleep
- Journal article citation:
- Welfare Rights Bulletin, 154, February 2000, pp.4-6.
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
In November 1999 the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill became the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999. Pensions, incapacity benefits, bereavement benefits and benefit gateways are among the areas affected. The authors considers the more important details.