11/06/2008

DCS News Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Day centre closure decision left disabled users 'suicidal'
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
The 45-year-old claimed the city council had broken disability equality laws because it had a statutory duty to consult vulnerable groups before making ...
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DCS News Alert for: Disability discrimination act

Social care law change in prospect
guardian.co.uk - UK
... "handicapped" and "suffer[ing] from congenital deformity" that were superseded by definitions in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability discrimination act

Swept Under the Carpet…
By terrimodo
I know, with the credit crunch, money is tight, but at least acknowledge our poverty and vulnerability too and not pretend we don't exist - we have enough of that in our daily lives despite the Disability Discrimination Act and the ...
DizzyBlog - http://dizzybility.wordpress.com

DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Delivering Inclusive Websites: Part 1 of 3
By JackP
It makes reference to PAS 78 (a publicly available specification aimed at those commissioning sites), and also references the Disability Equality Duty. At this point I'm going to nit-pick. Given that it's taken them more than six months ...
ThePickards - http://www.thepickards.co.uk