Extended protection for disabled people

Key changes

Protection for disabled people has been extended:

• Indirect discrimination protection will be extended to disability.
• A new protection for discrimination arising from disability will be introduced.
  
• The duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people has been extended to when a disabled person experiences a 'substantial disadvantage'. The previous duty applied when it was 'impossible or unreasonably difficult' for a disabled person to work, study or use a service.

Actions

• Ensure that the extended protection is reflected in your institution's policies and procedures, particularly those that are applied mandatorily across the institution. For example, graduation ceremonies are sometimes held in more historic, but less accessible buildings on campus. A blanket policy on the venue for ceremonies could impact on students or guests with mobility impairments.
  

Also see General actions