Statement of Service
Disability
The following gives good practice advice on positive action a service provider may take to ensure equal treatment to disabled customers.
- Don�t assume that the DDA doesn�t or won�t apply to you. Read the Code of Practice on Access to Goods, Facilities and Services available from the EHRC.
- Talk to your staff and disabled customers and consider whether you need to change the way you treat your customers in the light of the DDA.
- Do an Access Audit to help you find out what changes you may need to make to your physical premises.
- When considering changes to premises, take account of the needs of disabled customers.
- Consider having disability awareness training and providing it for your staff who deal with the public.
- Consult your local disability organisations about serving disabled customers.
- Be fair. You should treat disabled customers exactly like any other customers.
- Disabled people are individuals just like everyone else. Don�t make assumptions about their abilities or their need, their needs are as individual as they are.
- Don�t forget that some disabilities are hidden, for example epilepsy and mental illness.
June 21, 2007
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