The Disability Discrimination Act says a disabled person is someone with a ‘physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities’. Examples include cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and heart conditions; hearing or sight impairments, or a significant mobility difficulty; and mental health conditions or learning difficulties.
Disability Discrimination Act
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 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 Act requires public bodies to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people. It also allows the government to set minimum standards so that disabled people can use public transport easily.
Doing the duty (.pdf, 75kb)
Worker forum
Wigan Council has its own Disability Workers Forum which meets every 6 weeks. The Forum is open to any member of staff who has a disability or is interested in disability issues. For more information please use the contact details below.
Links to other groups
Help may also be available from the following:
