We asked for your views about our draft Disability Equality Scheme.
Despite wide publicity across the county, including to disabled people's organisations, we received only five comments on the draft document. However, these included one response made on behalf of an organisation of disabled people, and altogether the comments from both men and women came from a range of ages and disabilities.
All agreed that they were happy overall with the Disability Scheme. Two respondents raised specific issues concerning provision and accessibility for people with sensory impairments. We have passed these comments on to the appropriate departments where they will be taken into consideration when services and the accessibility of buildings are reviewed.
Single equality scheme
The Government's Equality Act 2010 brought all the different aspects of equality (including disability) together. We now have a single equality scheme that shows how we will deal with all aspects of equality in one clear document:
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