Disability discrimination Act (DDA)
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The Disability discrimination Act (DDA) aims to end the discrimination that many disabled people face. It now gives disabled people rights in the areas of employment, education, access to goods, facilities and services, buying or renting land or property, including making it easier for disabled people to rent property and for tenants to make disability-related adaptations. The Disability discrimination act has often become a major headache for many businesses. It is the job of an access auditor to help remove that headache and help keep you and your business on the right side of the law. The DDA requires that people who have a disability be given equal opportunity to participate in the full range of economic, social, cultural and political activities that occur across society.
The DDA prohibits discrimination against a person who has a disability, and also against a person who is an associate of a person who has a disability (e.g. a spouse, relative, carer, or a person in a business, sporting or recreational relationship with a person who has a disability). Achieving a truly inclusive environment, where the needs of all people are met with no distinction, is sometimes a staged process. Modifications to existing facilities to allow access for people who have a disability are generally much more expensive than building an accessible environment in the first place.
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