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06/02/2010

2010-02-07T14:15:00.001Z

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Blind and disabled pensioners face Freedom Pass 'obstacle course'
Islington Tribune newspaper website
... the authority operating the renewal scheme on behalf of boroughs, could find themselves the target because of the disability discrimination act. ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Blind and disabled pensioners face Freedom Pass 'obstacle course ...
By admin
Now London Councils, the authority operating the renewal scheme on behalf of boroughs, could find themselves the target because of the disability discrimination act. Under the act reasonable adjustments must be made for people with ...
The Bus Passes Blog - http://www.blog.freebustravel.co.uk/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Disability Discrimination Act access criteria. - Benefits and Work ...
Disability Discrimination Act access criteria.; Some of you here may not realise it but few (if any) buildings where we are called in for benefit ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

A new class war
National Post
Now working its way through Parliament, the Equality Bill is seen as ... the most radical is the imposition of a legal duty on public bodies to study the ...

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

disability equality action plan
Disability Equality Action Plan These are the improvements made since December 2006 as a result of actions contained within the Disability Equality Duty
...

05/02/2010

2010-02-06T17:46:00.001Z

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Summary of schools statutory responsibilities under Disability
The Disability Equality Duty (Part 5A of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, .... The duty to promote disability equality Statutory Code of ...

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Sacking staff - UK Business Forums
But i will look up her illnesses on the disability discrimination act. But they were things like Migraines, chest infection, plurisy. ...

03/02/2010

2010-02-04T15:55:00.001Z

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Learning Disability Alliance Scotland says users may take action over distress ...
Communitycare.co.uk
Disabled people may sue Edinburgh Council for human rights breaches or disability discrimination because of its handling of a retendering process for care ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: DDA

De-centering non-disability: part 3 « Modus dopens
By irrationalpoint
But it never ceases to amaze me how many buildings built in the 15 years since the DDA have staircases leading up to front entrance…and a ramp right next to the stairs, as I discussed in Part 1. Why not have just a ramp and no stairs? ...
Modus dopens - http://modusdopens.wordpress.com/

01/02/2010

2010-02-03T12:36:00.001Z

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

No. 1 Brunswick Place Southampton SO15 2AN
Lawdit Commercial Solicitors
... took her complaint to Ofcom (which did not uphold her claim of unfair treatment), now basis her claim on the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

The Whittington says yes! | Lynne Featherstone MP
By Lynne Featherstone
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the Equality Duty of 2006 say this should be the case - but the actuality just isn't happening. Partly this is because patients don't ask - and partly because hospitals and GPs don't offer or ...
Lynne Featherstone's Parliament... - http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

the disability discrimination act part 4
The Disability Discrimination Act Part 4 Working with Partner Institutions – A Good Practice Guide Introduction The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) ...

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Disability Equality Vision
The Disability Equality Duty (DED) came into force in December 2006. The DED is made up of two parts. The first part, or general duty requires all public ...

Agenda Item 9
The Disability Discrimination Act (1995) has been amended by the Disability. Discrimination Act (2005) to place a duty (The Disability Equality Duty) on all ...

02/02/2010

2010-02-03T12:34:00.001Z

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

tuc tells bosses to make more of an effort employing disabled workers
PRESENTATION ON THE DISABILITY EQUALITY DUTY BY SASHA CALLAGHAN AND PAUL BROWN Sasha Callaghan and Paul Brown gave an excellent presentation on the ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

DLA Piper to defend disability discrimination claim
Legal Week
The case was initially struck out in March 2009 after the tribunal ruled the claimant was not disabled under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. ...
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Wheelchair user threatens legal action over disabled access to Orchard Theatre ...
This is Local London
According to public services website direct.gov.uk, The Disability Discrimination Act gives disabled people rights in the areas of access to goods, ...
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DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

balancing disability rights and health and safety requirements –
It is also recognised that the likelihood of acquiring a long-term disability increases with advancing age. 1 The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) ...

31/01/2010

2010-02-01T12:53:00.001Z

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Disability equality | Voscur
The Disability Equality Duty (DED) covers everything public sector organisations ... Since the Disability Equality Duty was introduced on 4 December 2006, ...

The Disability Equality Scheme (DRAFT)
The actions it has taken to fulfil its disability equality duty; What the authority has done to eliminate disability discrimination and promote equality of ...

Disability Equality Scheme in Schools - A self-evaluation response
The Disability Equality Duty of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 2005 places on all public authorities (including schools) a general duty, ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Supermarket car parks breaking disability discrimination laws
Bitterwallet
... something which flies in the face of the Disability Discrimination Act. Neil Coyle, from the charity Disability Alliance, told the Beeb: "Supermarkets ...
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WARBLER TAKES SI TO COURT
Daily Star
Emma, 52, from Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, is making a claim under the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act, saying an illness she has affects her ...
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Now Cowell faces the judges: Snubbed Britain's Got Talent singer takes him to ...
Daily Mail
Yet she has now lodged a claim under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. She said: 'This story is the truth behind the joke. They made one big joke out ...
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X Factor Simon Cowell could end up in court
In2town
... to Ofcom over her treatment by him and has now also logged a complaint with the Employment tribunal under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

"Britain's Got Talent" Reject Threatens Lawsuit Against Simon Cowell
By Castina
... mogul and acid-tongued critic violated the UK's Disability Discrimination Act of 1995 when he called her a bad singer on national television. Emma's even considering filing a lawsuit against Cowell, Britain's Daily Mail claims. ...
Pop Crunch - http://www.popcrunch.com/

Havering On: She ain't No SuBo!
By Richard Havers
This woman is suing Simon Cowell under the the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. She claims he and the other judges on Britain's Got Talent didn't give her a chance. This is everything that is utterly wrong about these type of ...
Havering On - http://haveringhavers.blogspot.com/

Britain's Got Talent reject launches legal fight against Cowell ...
By admin
The complaint has been lodged under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and could see Cowell called to defend the claim if a judge agrees to proceed with a full hearing. Czikai's case rests partly on the claim that the show was her ...
Britain's Got Talent 2010 - http://www.talent.tellymix.co.uk/

Andrew Goulding Articles: Come Back Susan Boyle, All Is Forgiven!
By Andrew Goulding Articles
Well, there's another star worth considering, Emma Czikai, who, The Daily Mail reports, is suing the show and has lodged a claim under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Emma Czikai: You Raise Me Up ...
Andrew Goulding Articles - http://andrewgouldingarticles.blogspot.com/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Disability Discrimination Act | ICT magazine
Tagged with: Amanda Holden, Britain, disability discrimination act, emma, Emma Czikai, Piers Morgan, Simon, Simon Cowell, talent, UK ...

improving protection from disability discrimination
A FORMAL INVESTIGATION UNDER THE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION. Views: 0 | Downloads: 0. Accessibility Plan _Disability Discrimination Act
...

30/01/2010

2010-01-31T08:54:00.001Z

DCS Blogs Alert for: DDA

De-centering non-disability « Modus dopens
By irrationalpoint
That is why we have a law called the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) that requires institutions to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people. It's not unfair on my classmates that I get sufficient time on exams. ...
Modus dopens - http://modusdopens.wordpress.com/

DCS News Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Fit notes will not allow doctors to declare a patient 'fit for work'
PersonnelToday.com
If the employee's condition constitutes a disability under the Disability Discrimination Act – to be replaced with provisions in the Equality Bill, ...

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Report to Cabinet Draft Interim Disability Equality Scheme 2010-13 ...
Duty) to publish a disability equality scheme (DES), which sets out how they will ... 1.2 At the heart of the Disability Equality Duty is a requirement to ...

Equality Impact Assessment
the Disability Equality Duty that we should involve (i.e. engage proactively at an early stage) and consult disabled people in our decision making and ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Supermarket parking limits 'breach' disability laws
BBC News
But under the Disability Discrimination Act, businesses need to make extra allowances for disabled people. The supermarkets say they will review their ...
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Britain's Got Talent singer files discrimination complaint
The Guardian
Czikai said she was lodging her claim under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 as she believes her medically documented disabilities affected her ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Anorak News » Blog Archive » Britain's Got Talent: Emma Amelia ...
By Anorak
She files a complaint of unfairness and discrimination with the employment tribunal, under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The Hairy Oyster has sympathetic backstory – she might have saved this for the pre-throat preamble: she's ...
Anorak News - http://www.anorak.co.uk/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Two-Stage Test in Disability Discrimination Case
He was later to bring a claim for disability discrimination against his ... them in their work in the manner set down in the Disability Discrimination Act? ...

29/01/2010

2010-01-31T08:53:00.001Z

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Disabled employees 'earn 20% less'
Employers' Forum on Disability
... having a 'work-limiting' disability and those categorised under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) earn considerably less than other workers when ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Media dis&dat: Dartmouth University establishes new student ...
By BA Haller
The panel will feature six students speaking about their personal experiences with disability or health-related issues. "It won't be Dartmouth-related or policy-oriented, it will just act as a window into what it's like to live with a ... Although neither Broas nor Gotlieb said they feel that there is deliberate discrimination or stigmatization of disabilities at Dartmouth, they argued there is a distinct lack of awareness concerning the challenges that many disabled ...
Media dis&dat - http://media-dis-n-dat.blogspot.com/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Volunteering England | Equal Opportunities and Diversity | 'Equal ...
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) provides certain rights for disabled people in terms of employment, access to goods, facilities and services, ...

28/01/2010

2010-01-31T08:50:00.001Z

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Consultation Questions
The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 introduced the Disability Equality Duty, and specific requirements regarding the involvement of disabled people in ...

Appendix Three DISABILITY EQUALITY IN THE London Borough Of ...
borough. The implementation of the disability equality duty as outlined in the. Equalities Scheme and Disability Equality Action Plan will be the main ...

DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

» Recommended actions for e-mail for week ending 20 January 2010
By PLC Public Sector
... Body of Rushcroft Primary School, in which the EAT accepted that two consecutive impairments could be aggregated to determine whether a person's impairment meets the 12 month threshold under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. ...
Public Sector - http://publicsector.practicallaw.com/blog/publicsector/plc/

27/01/2010

2010-01-28T13:46:00.001Z

DCS News Alert for: DDA

Prestatyn Station facelift
News Wales
Denbighshire County Council is working in partnership with Network Rail as part of its Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (DDA) enhancement programme. ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: DDA

Leicester East Politics: Inequality Gap Increases Under Labour
By Leicester East Politics
Nearly half of those reporting both 'work-limiting' and are classified as disabled in terms of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) have no or only low qualifications, twice the proportion of those who are not disabled. ...
Leicester East Politics - http://leicestereast.blogspot.com/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Disability Equality Scheme
awareness of the requirements of the disability equality duty
.... staff training on the disability equality duty during 2006-07 and this is. Deleted: 10 ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Oddicombe's Blue Flag beach will soon be accessible to all
South Devon Herald Express
A spokesman said: "For that reason, it has been possible to utilise Disability Discrimination Act funds to finance the work." The improvements will include ...
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Partially sighted customer banned from eating in pub
Leighton Buzzard Today
Refusal to admit a guide dog is illegal and in breach of the Disability Discrimination Act and could lead to a hefty fine for the landlords. ...
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Health trust boards are models of diversity
The Guardian
Sutcliffe works to the Disabilities Discrimination Act definition that includes asthma and diabetes. "I am not sure of the extent to which people define ...
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26/01/2010

2010-01-27T10:48:00.001Z

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Dyslexia is no joke!
LiteracyNews.com
Dyslexia is recognised under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Compliance with the act places responsibility on employers to provide access to ...
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DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

BBC - Ouch! (disability) - Messageboard New to Ouch? - Is there ...
Is there anything in the disability discrimination act covering this type of crass behaviour? She fears losing her job and works odd and ridiculous times ...

Understanding the Disability Discrimination Act | Business Link
Understanding the Disability Discrimination Act and the impact it can have on your business.

DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Barnet considers warden ruling appeal | News | Ocean Media
The council was criticised for not showing that all members of the council fully understood their duties under the Disability Discrimination Act. Its leader, Lynne Hillan, said: 'We are obviously respectful of the judge's comments but the judgment has such a potentially wide ranging impact on the way councils do ... X & Y v Hounslow Council (Court of Appeal). 19/06/2009. Bob Hetherington looks at how far a council's duty of care extends towards tenants at risk of violence ...
Inside Housing - Latest news - http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Disability Equality Policy AP Student Support
What is the Disability Equality Duty and what is a Disability Equality Scheme? ... The Disability Equality Duty provides the framework to help the College ...

• Promote equality of opportunity • Eliminate unlawful ...
Education have a duty (Disability Equality Duty) that requires them to be proactive ... The Disability Equality Duty (DED) requires the College to: ...

EU guidance
To address this issue the Disability Equality Duty was introduced in 2006. ... " The Disability Equality Duty is at the heart of the Commission's strategy ...

25/01/2010

2010-01-26T11:40:00.001Z

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

An Overview of the Disability Equality Duty FEB 061.doc - Free ...
Introduction to the Disability Equality Duty Stage 1.doc .pdf (122 KB) worcester -sixth-form-disability-equality-duty-action-plan .pdf (132 KB) ...

JOINT AGREEMENT ON GUIDANCE FOR FAMILY & DEPENDANTS LEAVE IN
1.5 The College recognises that the Disability Equality Duty (as introduced by the 2005 Act) requires a proactive approach to mainstreaming disability ...

Promoting Disability Equality and Inclusive Learning in Planning ...
Abstract: In the UK, the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 created a positive duty on the public sector to promote disability equality. This duty extends ...

DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Council misinterprets Disability Discrimination Act over school ...
By Sarah Ismail
Highland Council cancelled a school trip for Crown Primary School. The council has been criticised for misinterpreting the Disability Discrimination Act.
Left Foot Forward - http://www.leftfootforward.org/

24/01/2010

2010-01-25T16:24:00.001Z

DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Spaghetti Gazetti: Birmingham Disability Resource Centre - an ...
By The Editor
BDRC has been successful in obtaining 12 months funding from the Equality and Human Rights Commission to employ a part time training officer to raise awareness of the Disability Discrimination Act around the West Midlands metropolitan ...
Spaghetti Gazetti - http://www.spaghettigazetti.com/

23/01/2010

2010-01-25T16:05:00.001Z

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Sadness as historic Renfrew ferry axed
Shipping Times
To bring them both in line with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) would cost in excess of £2 million. SPT Chairman Alistair Watson said the decision ...
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Pre-employment health questionnaire ban backed by HR chiefs
PersonnelToday.com
Please do not tell me it's then the employer's fault and we could get challenged under the Disability Discrimination Act." But employment lawyer and partner ...
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DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

GPC GUIDANCE: THE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT
On 1 October 2004, Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 ... document to guide the courts will be the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 ...

Disability Discrimination Act Information for Groups using Primary ...
Leaflet explaining the Disability Discrimination Act which requires all persons providing services to ensure that all users, or potential users, ...

22/01/2010

2010-01-25T15:50:00.001Z

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

DISABILITY EQUALITY SCHEME
timetable for this process in the DES. The Disability Equality Duty Code of Practice provides information on how to make decisions about impact assessment. ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Assurance given over school trips
BBC News
Education chief Hugh Fraser said mistakes were made by his department in following the correct process under the disability discrimination act. ...
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Tuk-tuks given the green light - but only for tours
Cambridge News
But as they do not meet disability discrimination laws, they will not be allowed to operate as hackney carriage taxis, meaning people will not be able to ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

ConservativeHome's Local Government Blog: Council criticised for ...
By ConservativeHome
Donna Williamson, the girl's mother, had specifically complained about a breach of the Disability Discrimination Act. So the Council officers did what council officers do if allowed to. They went for the risk averse option, ...
ConservativeHome's Local Government Blog - http://conservativehome.blogs.com/localgovernment/

Council Gives Assurance Over School Trips « Same Difference
By samedifference1
Education chief Hugh Fraser said mistakes were made by his department in following the correct process under the disability discrimination act. But he said the council had no option but to cancel the summer trip. ...
Same Difference - http://samedifference1.com/

21/01/2010

2010-01-22T12:33:00.001Z

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Barnet Council lodges appeal against High Court ruling on residential wardens
24dash
... Barnet was criticised for not demonstrating that all members of Cabinet fully considered their duties under the Disability Discrimination Act. ...
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Equality Bill to ban pre-employment health questionnaires
PersonnelToday.com
Under the Disability Discrimination Act, employees can choose to disclose a condition or disability so that organisations can make reasonable adjustments. ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Not The Barnet Times: Do we really have to obey the law?
By Don't Call Me Dave
Council leader Lynne Hillan, architect of the proposals, has taken exception to the Judge's finding that members of the Cabinet failed to consider their duties under the Disability Discrimination Act. She said: ...
Not The Barnet Times - http://www.notthebarnettimes.co.uk/

High Court sheltered housing appeal request lodged (From Times Series)
He criticised the authority for not demonstrating that all members of cabinet fully considered their duties under the Disability Discrimination Act. However he also said the council decision was not necessarily incorrect and agreed with ...
Times Series | Top Stories - http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/topstories/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

What are pros and cons of disability discrimination act in ...
"What are pros and cons of disability discrimination act in childcare setting?" - Find the answer to this question and millions more on Yahoo!

Accessibility - comply with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA ...
Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) - Adjusting for Better Business (DWP) (PDF, 319.90KB) (Yn agnor mewn ffenestr newydd) ...

20/01/2010

2010-01-22T12:31:00.001Z

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Fit notes and sickness absence management
PersonnelToday.com
In addition, employers are not required to follow the GP's recommendations (subject to any obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act) and, ...
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Council appeals over warden ruling
Local Government Chronicle
The judge ruled that the changes did not adhere to councillors' obligations in the Disability Discrimination Act. You must sign in to make a comment.
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New help for teachers on dealing with epilepsy in the classroom
Scotsman
The guide has also updated legal issues that schools must take into account – including the Disability Discrimination Act – and added sections on how to ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

London's Royal Festival Hall: a Study on Architectural Ironmongery ...
By admin
Both the Disability Discrimination Act and Building Control and English Heritage were harmonized in order that this Grade I listed building did not lose its unique elegance while meeting contemporary specifications. ...
Easy Free Ads - http://www.easyfreeads.com/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

CCPR | Ethics and equity | Disability Discrimination Act
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Part III) places obligations on service providers, and potentially sports clubs, to end discrimination against ...

19/01/2010

2010-01-20T12:23:00.001Z

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Slide 1
The Disability Equality Duty. Jacky King January 7th 2010 .... Brainstorm: What do we know about the Disability Equality Duty? ...

Disability Equality Agreement 2009
promoting disability equality. 1.5 The College recognises that the Disability
Equality Duty (as introduced by the 2005 Act) requires a proactive approach to ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

The importance of having an accessible website
eGov monitor
This legal requirement for accessibility is covered under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 which states that disabled people should not be ...
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DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Successful claim for compensation under Disability Discrimination
...
Successful claim for compensation under Disability Discrimination Act. 08 January 2010. Frances Swaine, partner and head of the human rights department at ...

18/01/2010

2010-01-19T12:27:00.001Z

DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

I am a quadraplegic who wants to park in my own driveway, the ...
By admin
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 aims to end the discrimination that many disabled people face. This Act has been significantly extended, including by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005. ... including making it easier for disabled people to rent property and for tenants to make disability-related adaptations •functions of public bodies, for example issuing of licences. The Act requires public bodies to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people. ...
Wheelchair Vehicles - http://wheelchairvehicles.co.cc/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

STH Disability Equality Scheme Revised Action Plan 2010 - 2011 ...
meet the requirements of the. Disability Equality Duty to actively promote equality not just 'DDA' compliant. Mark Cobb. Deputy Head of. Patient Partnership ...

MARLOWE ACADEMY DISABILITY EQUALITY SCHEME
creation of dedicated Disability Equality Duty part of website;. - engagement with partners of the Academy. Context – the current situation at The Marlowe ...

Merseyside Police Disability Equality Scheme Annual Report ...
in accordance with the Disability Equality duty. This is the third annual report . The Disability Equality Scheme includes six main areas and continues to ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Sign language courses to begin in Frome
This is Somerset
... hairdressers and holiday parks." Ms Parvenn added that each of the courses will help companies to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act.
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Disability discrimination
By J.Halson
Disability Discrimination The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 makes it unlawful to discriminate against people who have a disability. It also requires.
Halson Solicitors - Employment... - http://www.rightsatwork.co.uk/wordpress/

Facets of the Fabulous: Dyslexic Life
By Siobhan
Whereas some pupils simply not interested in studying and 'act up' out of boredom, and it is these children that get the attention. I want to stress that I'm not blaming the school system it simply is what it is. Often dyslexia is spotted not by teachers but by those .... While you may already know all that there is to help or work with your learning disability, you will likely come up against some discrimination during school or university from the unlikeliest of places. ...
Facets of the Fabulous - http://facetsofthefabulous.blogspot.com/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Disability Statement - University College Birmingham
Our Policy has been reviewed in the light of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (as amended by Special Education Needs and Disability Act 2001, ...

17/01/2010

2010-01-18T13:14:00.001Z

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Mole Valley - Mole Valley's Disability Equality Scheme is launched
The Disability Equality Duty comes into force on Monday. This new legal duty requires all public authorities to actively look at ways to ensure that ...

DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Being With An Adult Dyslexic
By admin
Additionally, it is a good thing that the law has given this issue some attention, since dyslexia is an official disability that can be governed by the Disability Discrimination Act, 1995. As an employer or a colleague of a person with ...
Adult Dyslexia - http://adultdyslexia.rdblogger.com/

16/01/2010

2010-01-18T13:10:00.001Z

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Westergate Community School DISABILITY EQUALITY SCHEME 2008/2011
As required in the Disability Equality Duty (DED). One advantage of the scheme in helping to meet the DED is the way in which views and ideas of disabled ...

Newport Local Health Board Draft Disability Equality Scheme
Commission, primarily 'The Duty to Promote Disability Equality: ... Practice, England and Wales' and 'Health and the Disability Equality Duty: Guidance ...

The Duty to Promote Disability Equality Statutory Code of Practice ...
3.4 The specific duty regulations require authorities to produce and publish a Disability. Equality Scheme, to implement certain aspects of the Scheme and ...

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Disability Discrimination Act Free Essays 1 - 30
Free Essays on Disability Discrimination Act for students. Use our papers to help you with yours 1 - 30.

The ICRE Express
The employers appealed, contending that the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 could not be so interpreted and that, in any event, Directive 2000/78 could ...

Disability Discrimination Act monitoring information ...
As part of our commitment to meeting the requirements of the Disability
Discrimination Act (DDA), Nottinghamshire County Council Adult Social Care and ...

14/01/2010

2010-01-15T14:24:00.001Z

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

BBC - Ouch! (disability) - Messageboard Ouch! Talk - boris ...
The BBC's disability site: razor sharp, funny, interesting and friendly - a ... turned his back on the statutory obligation under disability equality duty, ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Could this be the end for the Renfrew Ferry?
Glasgow Evening Times
They had become increasingly costly to maintain and neither complies with the Disability Discrimination Act. A study for SPT found it would cost £15m to ...
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12/01/2010

2010-01-14T10:56:00.001Z

DCS News Alert for: DDA

RNID appeals for campaigners
This Is The Westcountry
According to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), service providers must make 'reasonable adjustments' to allow access to disabled people but the two ...
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DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Wolfson Hillel Primary School THE DISABILITY EQUALITY DUTY (DED ...
THE DISABILITY EQUALITY DUTY (DED) – REVIEW AUTUMN TERM 2009. C:\Documents and Settings\LAURA.FLETCHER\Local Settings\Temporary Internet ...

Disability News Service » Mixed picture on public equality duties ...
But the EHRC said there had been "some examples of very good work" and that research showed the disability equality duty had delivered benefits to disabled ...

University of Edinburgh Disability Equality Scheme: Annual Report 2008
It is published as a requirement of the Public Sector Disability Equality Duty, introduced by the Disability Discrimination Act (2005). ...

Agenda Item No
The Disability Equality Duty requires local authorities to adopt a proactive approach, mainstreaming disability equality into all their policies, ...

DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Quiet UK holiday destination for grandfather in wheelchair ...
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DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Welcome to Royal Mail Group
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 is designed to stop disabled people being treated unfairly. Disability Action Centre ...

13/01/2010

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DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Don't look at what youngsters can't do, but at what they can
Aberdeen Press and Journal
That is why we now have a Disability Discrimination Act, and that is why this wonderful mother cited it. The difference between me and this girl is that I ...
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DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Mental Health Difficulties: A Guide to the Disability
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(The Disability. Discrimination Act does contain a legal definition). If you have a mental health difficulty and it affects you in undertaking your ...

11/01/2010

2010-01-12T09:50:00.001Z

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Disability Conciliation Service | ADRnow
This service began a few years ago to deal with claims under the Disability
Discrimination Act 1995. This involved disputes with providers of goods and ...

Disability Discrimination - Likely Means Could Well Happen - Boys ...
... an employer does not consider that an employee s condition is one that qualifies them for protection under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) .

DCS News Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Free parking for disabled drivers hits end of road
South Wales Evening Post
"If the order was implemented, the council would, in our consideration, be in breach of its disability equality duty by failing to consider all disabled ...

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Welsh Assembly Government | The Disability Equality Duty
The Disability Equality Duty. The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (DDA 2005) is part of a new breed of equality legislation that is intended to drive ...