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DDA Advice & Access Audits

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA95) aims to end the discrimination that many disabled people face. This Act has been significantly extended, most recently in the form of Disability Discrimination Act 2005 which amends and builds on DDA95. The Act now gives disabled people rights in the areas of:

  • employment
  • education
  • access to goods, facilities and services, including larger private clubs and land-based transport services
  • buying or renting land or property, 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. It also allows the government to set minimum standards so that disabled people can use public transport easily.

Bruce Shaw has been involved in advising clients since the inception of the Act and have generated considerable experience advising on the most effective and economic solutions to access issues. We also undertake DDA Access Audits.