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The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) Part 4 – access to post 16 education
DDA Part 4 deals with the duties placed on providers of post-16 education and other related services.
The Disability Discrimination Act makes it unlawful for bodies responsible for such provision to discriminate against disabled students and other disabled people. The Act was implemented in three stages. From September 2005
- it is unlawful to discriminate against disabled people or students by treating them less favorably than others. In addition, they require responsible bodies to provide certain types of reasonable adjustments to provision where disabled students or other disabled people might otherwise be substantially disadvantaged
- responsible bodies are required to make adjustments involving the provision of auxiliary aids and services
- responsible bodies have a duty to make adjustments to physical features of premises where these put disabled people or students at a substantial disadvantage
The code of practice is intended to give practical guidance - particularly for disabled people, employers, service providers and education institutions - rather than definitive statements of the law. However, courts and tribunals must take them into account where relevant.