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It is a legal requirement to make “reasonable adjustments” to physical features of your premises to remove barriers that prevent disabled people from accessing your services.

For interest, the Equality Act 2010 covers all these areas:

• age
• disability
• gender reassignment, which covers transsexual people
• marriage and civil partnership
• pregnancy and maternity
• race, which includes ethnic or national origins, colour and nationality
• religion or belief
• sex
• sexual orientation

Click for more details about the provisions of the Equality Act 2010

The Independent Living disabled access area covers:

Access Audits which enable you to find out how accessible your business is

Accessibility for people with mobility problems

Sensory Impairments

Learning Disabilities and cognitive impairments

Impaired Dexterity

Newcastle United fans David Wilson and Ryan Gregson wearing Sela’s haptic shirts

Wearing the stadium! 0 comments

Wearing the stadium – haptic shirts for inclusivity I love this story! Even though I’m not a football fan, I don’t think anyone can be immune to the emotional impact [...]

Right to vote depends on having voter ID

Right to vote at risk 1 comment

Right to vote – photo ID now required With local and mayoral elections coming up on the 2nd May, a reminder that you need ID in order to vote, and [...]

Purple Goat and pitchup.com working on accessible outdoor holidays.

Accessible outdoor holidays 2 comments

Bringing accessibility to the great outdoors A significant proportion of the UK population has access needs – but accessible outdoor holidays are not as readily available as they should be. [...]

New online resource OHMI Connect

One-Handed Musical Instrument Trust 1 comment

One-Handed Musical Instrument Trust – OHMI The OHMI Trust aims to enable children and adults with physical impairments to play musical instruments, whether at school, at home or professionally. [...]

disabled students allowance

Disabled Students’ Allowance 6 comments

Disabled Students Allowance – help with extra costs Students with a disability, mental or physical; long-term condition; or learning difficulty can apply for a Disabled Students’ Allowance to help with [...]

Accessible cycling in Yorkshire 0 comments

North York Moors embrace accessible cycling The public are being urged to vote for a North York Moors man who is in the running for a prestigious national accolade for [...]

Attendees at disability action Yorkshire roundtable event on accessible transport

Disability Action Yorkshire and passenger accessibility 0 comments

Disability Action Yorkshire and passenger accessibility Accessibility challenges when travelling are all-too-familiar to many of you, I know. Harrogate-based charity Disability Action Yorkshire organised a roundtable forum to allow disabled [...]

Young audio describer Eleanor Stollery and Roz Chalmers in the audio description booth

Young visually impaired audio describer 0 comments

Eleanor’s trailblazing role as audio describer 12-year-old Eleanor Stollery, pictured here with professional audio describer and mentor Roz Chalmers, has become the first young, visually impaired person to audio describe [...]

2023 Euan's Guide access survey

Euan’s Guide Access Survey 0 comments

2023 Euan’s Guide Access Survey results The results of the UK’s largest annual access survey have just been published. More than 6000 people took part in the Euan’s Guide 2023 [...]

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