The Council offers a range of services to people with
physical disabilities, learning disabilities and to people with
hearing and/or visual impairment. You can find out about these
using the links below and on the right.
Health and adult social care services, whether provided by the NHS,
local authorities, private companies or voluntary organisations are
regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
To find out more about CQC and local services that are registered
with CQC, view the
Care Quality
Commission website* (opens new window).
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) defines a disabled person
as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has a
substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to
carry out normal day-to-day activities.
The DDA 1995 aims to end the discrimination that many disabled
people face. This Act has been significantly extended, including by
the Disability Discrimination Act 2005. It now gives disabled
people rights in the areas of:
- employment
- education
- access to goods, facilities and services, including larger
private clubs and land-based transport 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
- functions of public bodies, for example issuing of
licenses
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
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