Implementing the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) in schools and early years settings — a training resource for schools and local authorities.
You will be able to find extracts from the resource on this website.
Schools and local education authorities have to improve access and prevent discrimination: Implementing the Disability Discrimination Act in schools and early years settings is the tool to help them.
Combining print and software, the Implementing the Disability Discrimination Act in schools and early years settings resource is an essential guide to the duties in the DDA (Disability Discrimination Act 1995). It includes an account of how the DDA duties fit with the SEN duties, incorporates planning duties and provides more detail on the definition of disability used in the DDA.
Through practical ideas and training materials drawn from schools and local authorities (LAs), this rich resource provides both information and inspiration. The principles of best practice are demonstrated through a wide range of case studies. These show how schools and LAs have reviewed their accessibility plans and strategies and made reasonable adjustments to policies and procedures to successfully include disabled pupils in all aspects of school life — and how they have enjoyed working in partnership with others to do it. It also helps LAs to plan strategically across their early years settings.
It contains many examples of how schools have successfully included disabled pupils and was developed by, and for, schools and local authorities.
This resource can only be ordered by schools and voluntary organisations and you can do this online or by calling 0845 6022260 and quoting the reference number 0160-2006DOC-EN.
When it was first published, five copies were sent to each local authority. (Supplementary information is now available in a companion document: 'Guidance on Disability in Schools: promoting the Disability Equality Duty').
Guidance on the Disability Equality Duty
SEN Duties in Education Act 96
SEN Framework and planning duties
DDA reasonable adjustments: requirements
DDA reasonable adjustments:key factors
DDA improving access schools: requirements
DDA improving access schools: key messages
DDA improving access: LEA requirements
DDA improving access: LEA key messages
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Page created: 16 February 2007
