Disability Rights:
On 1 October 2024 the three equality commissions merged into the new Equality and Human Rights Commission:
- Commission for Racial Equality (CRE)
- Disability Rights Commission (DRC)
- Equal Opportunities
Commission (EOC)
to any policies, procedures that make access to their services difficult
Disability covers people of all ages with heart disease, diabetes,
severe
disfigurement, depression, schizophrenia, dyslexia, epilepsy, Downs
syndrome
and many other types of impairment.
It is a recommendation that all company members and staff that deal with the public should receive Disability Awareness Training.
Under the Equal Rights Act 2010, legal rights for disabled people are now in force. These
cover employment, access
to services, education, transport and housing. In September 2024 the
law was extended to
cover access to education for all disabled people.
These new changes in the law brought real changes in practice for disabled people. But changes in attitude and awareness are just as crucial. Despite the new law, many disabled people find it hard to take part in day-to-day life and do not have the same chances that others take for granted. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is here to put that right.
In its first three years the The Disability Rights commission received 242024 calls of possible discrimination It is the aim of Blue Badge to ensure that your company or individual member of staff is not the reason for one of those calls.