Disability advice and guidance
Bringing together our disability advice, guidance, news, blogs and information across the Equality and Human Rights Commission website.
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Advice for individuals
Information about your rights for travel, using a service and workplace adjustments.
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Employers, businesses and the public sector
Information on your duties as an employer, service provider or public sector organisation.
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News, blogs and information
Links to the latest disability news, blogs and information from the Commission.
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Who to contact
If you need assistance, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
Feature: Being disabled in Britain
To support the launch of our Being disabled in Britain report, we spoke to Richard, Miro and Gill to find out what life is really like for disabled people in Britain in 2017.
Being disabled in Britain is a review into disability inequality in Great Britain, offering comprehensive evidence on whether our society lives up to its promise to be fair to all citizens.
Find out more: Being disabled in Britain
Advice for individuals
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Using a service
Advice for individuals on the reasonable adjustments organisations must make to allow disabled people to use their services.
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Workplace adjustments
Advice for employees about the support and removal of barriers you should expect to receive in the workplace.
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Disability and air travel
Your rights when travelling by air.
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Disability discrimination
Outlines the rights and protections disabled people are entitled to under the 2010 Equality Act.
Feature: Defeating disability discrimination
On 24 February 2012 wheelchair user Doug Paulley was unable to board a FirstGroup bus because the wheelchair space was occupied by a pushchair. This is the story of his legal case, which helped protect the rights of wheelchair users across the country.
Employers, businesses and the public sector
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Employer’s guide to workplace adjustments
Guidance for employers on how to take positive and proactive steps to remove, reduce or prevent the obstacles a disabled worker or job applicant faces.
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Equality law: guidance for businesses
A guide for businesses on avoiding all the different types of unlawful discrimination.
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Equality law: guidance for service providers
Guidance for service providers about their duties under the Equality Act 2010.
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Public sector equality duty
Advice and guidance on what public authorities need to do to meet the public sector equality duty.
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Public sector equality duty in Scotland
Advice for public authorities in Scotland on meeting the public sector equality duty.
News, blogs and information
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Disability rights in the UK
How well is the UK performing on disability rights? Read the UN recommendations.
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Premier League disabled access
What progress have Premier League clubs made in making their grounds accessible?
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Disability report: Being disabled in Britain
Being disabled in Britain is our review into disability inequality in Great Britain in 2017.
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Our Disability Advisory Committee
Informs and advises the Commission’s work to protect the rights of disabled people.
The latest
Eight new members appointed to Disability Advisory Committee
Poorest hit hardest by tax, social security and public spending reforms
Mental health the last workplace taboo: Stevenson Farmer review
UN CRPD disability report response
Disabled people’s rights to independent living eroded, equality bodies warn UN
Time for the UK Government do its homework on disability rights by Rachel Fox
Mind the pay gap: creating a fairer Britain by Caroline Waters
Bedroom tax: success and failure for disabled people by Sue Bott
An agenda for equality and mental health by Liz Sayce
Most disadvantaged people fall further behind by Verena Braehler
Who to contact
If you think you might have been treated unfairly and want further advice, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
Freephone 0808 800 0082
Textphone 0808 800 0084
Or write to them at
FREEPOST
EASS HELPLINE
FPN6521
Alternatively, you can visit our advice and guidance pages.
