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The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) is aimed at addressing the obstacles which many disabled people experience in areas such as employment, access to goods and services, transport and education.

The 3 main sections which relate to you are:

Disability Discrimination Act 1995 UK (DDA)

Part 2 - Employers:

An employer has a duty to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that a potential disabled member of staff is not placed at substantial disadvantage compared to others.

Part 3 - Access to goods and services:

Anyone providing a service to the general public has a duty to make reasonable adjustments to their property, business or service to anticipate the needs of the disabled population.

Part 4 - Education:

Education providers are now required to make "reasonable adjustments" for disabled pupils and staff. This duty covers all areas of education including schools, colleges & universities.

The DDA applies to anyone who provides a service to the general public - whether it is a small corner shop, local pub, library, youth service, care home or large multinational corporation. It stipulates only that you act reasonably - this means taking into account issues such as finance, size and nature of business. There are usually various options when attempting to act reasonably and it will often be cheaper than you may think.

The British Standard on Compliance with the DDA (BS 8300:2001) supports the use of automatic door operators controlled, for example, by a motion sensor or a hands-free proximity reader.ff