08/01/2008

DCS News Alert for: Disability Compliance Specialists

Care pledge for old folk
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press - Norwich,England,UK
"However with few exceptions the buildings are old, obsolete in their layout and full compliance with disability discrimination act requirements is costly ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability discrimination act

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By Philip
A research project undertaken in 2003 by the Department of Work and Pensions in the UK found that 52 percent of people defined as disabled by the Disability Discrimination Act did not define themselves as disabled. ...
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DSA, 'capacities' and activities
By SGS(SGS)
The Disability Discrimination Act and the accompanying Guidance on Definition of Disability describe disability in terms of categories of capacities and the effects of impaired capacity (ie in-capacity) on day-to-day activities( ) ...
DSA Assessor Blog - http://dsa-assessor.blogspot.com/

Low-Energy Bulbs: Still Need the Old Ones
By Lin Neiswender(Lin Neiswender)
They warned that employers must also be able to purchase incandescent lighting as employees have a right to such adjustments under the terms of the Disability Discrimination Act. The switch to energy-saving light bulbs may put thousands ...
The Land of Lin - http://landoflin.blogspot.com/

UK: Farm stiles and gates yield to wheelchair access
By Walter Olson
... so-called kissing gates "have been a familiar feature of the landscape for centuries, but local authorities now believe that installing them along footpaths and rights of way is a breach of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. ...
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