Disability Discrimination Awareness
Disability Discrimination Awareness
Duration:
30 Mins
Course at Your Premises
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 brought in measures to prevent discrimination against disabled people. This course is a guide to understanding disability and discrimination. DDA covers a very broad area and has a number of parts relating to specific sectors such as employment, transport, service provision and local authorities etc.
Introduction
• What is the scope of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)
• Overview of the Act
Disability and Discrimination
• What is Disability?
• What is Discrimination?
Disability Discrimination Act
• What is the scope and need of DDA?
• How to comply with DDA
Providing Accessibility
• What are the accessibility related issues faced by disabled people?
• Accessibility for the hearing impaired
• Access to premises
• How can we provide disabled people with better accessibility?
Steps to Improve Accessibility
• What are the essential steps to improve accessibility?
o Training staff and advertising good practices
o Revising the rules
Employment Accessibilities
• How to encourage disabled people to respond to employment opportunities?
o Application and interview process
o Work environment
What are the necessary adjustments to be made for disabled people?
Personal Emergency Egress Plan
• What is PEEP?
• How do devise PEEP
Who is it for?
• New employees
• Managers
• Customer service
Duration:
• 30 minutes
You should seek expert professional advice in order to ensure that you and your business comply with principle duties set out in the Act.
• What is the scope of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)
• Overview of the Act
Disability and Discrimination
• What is Disability?
• What is Discrimination?
Disability Discrimination Act
• What is the scope and need of DDA?
• How to comply with DDA
Providing Accessibility
• What are the accessibility related issues faced by disabled people?
• Accessibility for the hearing impaired
• Access to premises
• How can we provide disabled people with better accessibility?
Steps to Improve Accessibility
• What are the essential steps to improve accessibility?
o Training staff and advertising good practices
o Revising the rules
Employment Accessibilities
• How to encourage disabled people to respond to employment opportunities?
o Application and interview process
o Work environment
What are the necessary adjustments to be made for disabled people?
Personal Emergency Egress Plan
• What is PEEP?
• How do devise PEEP
Who is it for?
• New employees
• Managers
• Customer service
Duration:
• 30 minutes
You should seek expert professional advice in order to ensure that you and your business comply with principle duties set out in the Act.