Croydon Council - a local authority to the south of London, has produced a guide for ensuring access to services for disabled people.
Achieving Equality for all
Croydon Council’s Commitment to Disabled People
It is widely accepted that disabled people have fewer opportunities and a lower quality of life than non-disabled people. The social model of disability worked out by disabled people, drawing on their own experiences, demonstrates that in reality most barriers to inclusion are a result of the way society is organised rather than caused by disabled peoples’ impairments.
Croydon Council has adopted the social model of disability. We believe that negative attitudes and lack of awareness are the main barriers to disabled people achieving full equality.
The Council also recognises that disabled people can be excluded further due to the their ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation and/or age. The Council’s work towards achieving equality for disabled people will take into account the extra discrimination that disabled people experience on these grounds.
The Access for all guide is available to download at The Centre for Diversity and Business website.