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With this in mind we have created a new section on our website which provides information about Disabled Driver Insurance and links though to a company that specialises in Disabled Driver Insurance and Car Insurance for Disabled Drivers.

Request Quote For Disabled Driver Insurance »

We are currently trying to find out if Portable Wheelchair Ramps are classed as specialist equipment and are eligible for Disabled Students’ Allowances.

Once we know more we will provide further information.

The guide has been created to help relieve some of the stress and worry which is very common among disabled persons when travelling through unfamiliar environments such as an Airport.

Included in the guide is information such as Travelling with Visual Impairments, Breathing Problems, Flying with Guide Dogs, Travelling with Autism, Wheelchair access, Help at the car park and much more.

The guide:  Parkat Disabled and Reduced Mobility Airport Guide

From 2012 all taxis should be classed a wheelchair accessible though and be speciall adapted to carry wheelchairs.

With this in mind we have created a Wheelchair Accessible Taxis Directory over at UKSBD.

Rule 6 of The Solicitors Code of Conduct 2007 is designed to prevent discrimination by solicitors

The SRA takes compliance with the principles of equality and diversity very seriously and have intoduced a warning card for Equality and diversity

http://www.sra.org.uk/equality-in-practice/

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Equality Act 2010

The Equality Act 2010 aims to protect disabled people and prevent disability discrimination. It provides legal rights for disabled people in the areas of:

• employment
• education
• access to goods, services and facilities including larger private clubs and land based transport services
• buying and renting land or property
• functions of public bodies, for example the issuing of licences

The Equality Act also provides rights for people not to be directly discriminated against or harassed because they have an association with a disabled person. This can apply to a carer or parent of a disabled person. In addition, people must not be directly discriminated against or harassed because they are wrongly perceived to be disabled.

More information about the Equality Act, and how you can obtain copies of the Act, can be found on the Government Equalities Office website.

The definition of ‘disability’ under the Equality Act 2010

In the Act, a person has a disability if:

• they have a physical or mental impairment
• the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to perform normal day-to-day activities

For the purposes of the Act, these words have the following meanings:

• ‘substantial’ means more than minor or trivial
• ‘long-term’ means that the effect of the impairment has lasted or is likely to last for at least twelve months (there are special rules covering recurring or fluctuating conditions)
• ‘normal day-to-day activities’ include everyday things like eating, washing, walking and going shopping

People who have had a disability in the past that meets this defintion are also protected by the Act.

Progressive conditions considered to be a disability

There are additional provisions relating to people with progressive conditions. People with HIV, cancer or multiple sclerosis are protected by the Act from the point of diagnosis. People with some visual impairments are automatically deemed to be disabled.

Conditions that are specifically excluded

Some conditions are specifically excluded from being covered by the disability definition, such as a tendency to set fires or addictions to non–prescribed substances.

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Large items or permanent fixtures

If you are physically disabled, and especially if you are a wheelchair user, you may need to get equipment and have permanent fixtures installed at home so that you can live there independently.

Examples of equipment and adaptations include:

You may also need to have adaptation work done in your home – for example, having doorways widened or a ramp installed.

We have a subscriber (they had better remain nameless), a significant
multinational organisation that has been with us for eight years, and
whose sales director has told me on more than one occasion that we give
them more sales leads than any other medium.

With their annual contract approaching renewal, I spoke today with
their relatively new (five months or so) marketing manager. When I
asked her if she wanted to continue with their page, she eventually
admitted that she had never actually visited the site. I do wonder what
“marketing” incorporates, if being familiar with the media that provide
sales leads is not part of the remit?

I have now chalked up half a century in advertising and marketing, and
sadly have come to the conclusion that the title of marketing, whatever
the rank, is scattered about with considerably too much abandon!

Make my day – go on to the site, http://www.independentliving.co.uk and
tell me why you are not one of our subscribers. If it’s only down to
funds, more often than not, that’s easy to rectify: whilst accountants
may not be my favourite people, they are always interested in making
money!

Derek Leckie
http://www.independentliving.co.uk