Disability
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Bridgend County Borough Council is committed to eliminating discrimination against disabled people and ensuring that disabled people can participate fully as equal citizens.
The social model of disability underpins the Council’s commitments. The Council believes the barriers that exclude disabled people from full participation in society are the result of the way the social and built environments are constructed, and society’s attitude towards disabled people.
The Council will ensure that in carrying out all of its duties disabled people are free from prejudice and discrimination in their everyday lives.
Draft Disability Equality Scheme 2006-2009.
Under the specific duties of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, the Council is required to produce a Disability Equality Scheme setting out its plans for making equality happen for people living in Bridgend County Borough. Read more about the draft Scheme and Action Plan
You can also read BCBC’s Special Educational Needs policies.
New feature: @Committee
This section will inform you when an issue relating to disability is discussed at the Council’s Equalities Committee, since the Committee was established in the summer of 2006.
21 February 2007 Item 6 Bridgend Coalition for Disabled People
19 December 2006 Item 6 Draft Disability Equality Scheme
& Appendix
30 August 2006 Item 7 Draft Equality Statements
Useful Links
Accessible Venues Guidance (produced by WAG)
Blue Badges
BAVO
Bridgend Coalition of Disabled People
British Sign Language (BSL) – advice for public services (produced by WAG)
BritishSignLanguage.com
Bus Passes
Cobwebs (for information on local groups)
Disability Equality Statement
Disability Rights Commission
Disability Wales
Employers’ Forum on Disability
Images of Disability
Joint Mobility Unit (JMU) Access Partnership
Office for Disability Issues (UK Government)
Shopmobility
- Last Updated: 08/08/2007
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