Disability Discrimination Act
From Norfolk RCC
The 1995 Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) places a direct duty on employers, service providers and education not to discriminate against disabled people. The Act is continually being amended in order to strengthen the rights of disabled people and ensure that all disabled people are included within mainstream society on an equal basis. Voluntary organisations have a duty to keep up to date with new legislation and respond to it in the best way they can. [http:www.drc-gb.org The Disability Rights Commission website will help you to do this.
Norfolk Coalition Of Disabled People DDA workbook
This guide has been produced specially for voluntary organisations and community groups in and around Norfolk, and the people who work for them.
The aim of the guide is:
- to provide voluntary organisations with the knowledge they need about the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)
- to help voluntary organisations assess how well they are meeting their dutiesunder the Act
- to give voluntary organisations ideas for developing best practice
- to promote a mainstream approach towards equal access, and
- to show voluntary organisations how to consult with, and to involve disabled people in the work that they do
Click here to download the workbook from the NCODP site http://www.ncodp.org.uk/default.asp?ContentID=58
