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disability access audit is required
in order to help meet the requirements of the Disability Discrimination
Act 1995, in preventing discrimination against people with a disability.
Examples of disability discrimination may be:
It is necessary to carry out a disability access audit to establish what action is needed to improve disabled access and egress and in turn help protect your organisation from claims of disability discrimination. |
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a practical level, the main benefit of a disability access audit is to
reduce the likelihood of people with a disability feeling discriminated
against.
On a legal level, the main benefit of having a disability access audit in place is that if a worst-case scenario does happen and a person with a disability does feel discriminated against, your organisation will have a legal defense. These benefits rely on the disability access audit being kept up-to-date, and recommendations made being acted on within a reasonable timeframe.
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