Guidelines the Governement actively supports

Disability guidelines the government actively supports:

The Equality Act 2010;
The Equality Act 2010 aims to protect disabled people and prevent disability discrimination. It provides legal rights for disabled people in the areas of:

• employment
• education
• access to goods, services and facilities including larger private clubs and land based transport services
• buying and renting land or property
• functions of public bodies, for example the issuing of licences

The Equality Act also provides rights for people not to be directly discriminated against or harassed because they have an association with a disabled person. This can apply to a carer or parent of a disabled person. In addition, people must not be directly discriminated against or harassed because they are wrongly perceived to be disabled.

The definition of ‘disability’ under the Equality Act 2010

In the Act, a person has a disability if:

• they have a physical or mental impairment
• the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to perform normal day-to-day activities

Other aids the government will support disabled people with include:

• Employment support such as looking for work, and the access to work grant which can be applied for.
• Financial Support such as Disability living allowance, and employment and support allowance
• Education and Training including Disabled students allowance
• Rights and Obligations, like the Disability and Equality Act 2010
• Mobility and Transport, the mobility scheme
• Everyday life and leisure, such as leisure at home
• Home and Housing, homes can be adapted for disabilities such as stair chairs and lifts
• Health and Support, including mental health and social care
• Travel Holidays and Breaks such as The National Accessible scheme
• Disabled Parents, if you are about to become a disabled parent, or are a disabled parent with school children

All of these are guidelines that the Government actively supports, and some of these guidelines have Internet access included within them such as Everyday Life and leisure, and Home and Housing, and Employment support, where facilities needed to work are instaled at the home and in the work place whre reqiured.







References: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/RightsAndObligations/DisabilityRights/DG_4001068; Accessed 30/03/2011