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The Disability Discrimination Act requires you to make your employment and services (and this may also mean adjustments to premises) accessible to disabled people – and that's not just people in wheelchairs. It also includes making sure that many others, including for example those with sight and hearing impairments, have access to your goods, facilities and services as well as equality in employment. The implications of non accordance with the DDA are clear – legal actions, compensation payments and negative PR as well as the possibility of prosecution and fines for workplace DDA issues. Our consultants can advise on practical and cost effective routes to ensuring that your premises come up to the mark and provide guidance on critical issues such as fire evacuation. Disability Access Audits are an essential first step to carry out data gathering in order to identify and advise of current and potential problems relating to disabled access. Once the CPS consultant has completed your audit, you can take whatever remedial action is needed to provide access. The audit is the first part of the access improvement process and should be followed by an evolving management strategy. An access audit will look at all current aspects of employment and service provision with regard to equality, accessibility and disability discrimination. The audit will establish the accessibility of the working environment, provision of goods facilities and services for persons with disabilities. There are a large number of disabilities affecting people and many of these are not always 'obvious'. Typical areas audited in both the working and service provision environment include:
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