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Disability Discrimination Act 2005
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Disability Discrimination Act 2005
Disability equality duties
•general duty
•specific duty
Definitions
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DDA definition of disability
• A person is disabled if they have a mental or
physical impairment which has a substantial
and long-term adverse effect on their ability
to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
e.g. Mobility, Continence, Physical coordination, Manual Dexterity, Lifting or
carrying, speech, hearing, sight, perception
of danger, memory or concentration.
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Definition
Some progressive conditions covered from the point
where the person knows that they have the condition:
•cancer
•HIV
•multiple sclerosis
Mental impairment:
•‘clinically well-recognised’ criterion is removed
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The Social Model of Disability
• The social model believes…
Disability is shown as being caused by
barriers or elements of social organisations
which take no or little account of people
who have impairments. (see distinction
between disability and impairments)
The Trafford Disability Equality Scheme
follows the social model.
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General duty to promote disability equality
All public bodies, including schools and local authorities,
to have due regard to the need to:
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eliminate discrimination;
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eliminate harassment related to a disability;
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promote equality of opportunity between disabled
people and other people;
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promote positive attitudes towards disabled people;
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encourage participation by disabled people in public life;
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take steps to take account of disabled people’s
disabilities even where that involves treating
disabled people more favourably than other people.
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Disability equality scheme
• disabled people involved in its development;
• show impact of policies on disability equality;
• show what the school proposes to do;
• show how the school will gather information
on impact of policies for disabled pupils,
employees;
• arrangements for using this information to
inform plans and future actions.
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Disability Equality Schemes
Good quality accessibility plans and strategies can
help to meet the requirements, for example:
•information and data
•consultation and involvement
•actions set out in plans and strategies
•coordination with other DDA duties
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Publication of disability equality
schemes
•secondary schools, local authorities: December
2006
•primary and special schools: December 2007
•3 year schemes
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