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The social care sector and the disability equality duty: additional information for social care organisations working with children and young people in England
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- Stratford upon Avon
We all want to live in communities where we can participate fully and equally. When we need assistance, we want this to be delivered in ways which help us to be included in society. We know that for many disabled people this hasn’t yet happened and there remains considerable work to be done to reach this objective. To ensure we do so we have the Disability Equality Duty for the public sector and this includes organisations providing social care. This new legal duty will mean that any public body must look at ways of ensuring that disabled people are treated equally. A similar duty was introduced on race equality a couple of years ago. This new law requires organisations like yours to be proactive in ensuring that disabled people are treated fairly.