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An amendment to the Disability Discrimination Act introduces a positive duty for all local authorities to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people.
The main requirements are:
In order to carry out this duty we have jointly consulted with disability groups across Oxfordshire in conjunction with Oxfordshire County Council, South Oxford District Council, Oxford Brooks University and Oxford University.
We are committed to promoting a society in which people can participate fully and equally. We also recognise that there are legislative duties regarding access, service delivery and housing. We have designed the Disability Equality Scheme to address equality and to ensure we achieve our aims as far as possible, as outlined in the documents below:
| Oxford City Council Disability Equality Scheme (92kB PDF) (221kB PDF) |
| Disability Equality Scheme Action Plan (173kB PDF) |
Please contact the Access Officer if would like to discuss this in more detail.
Page last reviewed 5 Nov 2008