Nursery World - Nurseries urged to audit accessibility

Early years settings across the UK have been urged to carry out an access audit to help them comply with changes to the Disability Discrimination Act that comes into force on 1 October. Under changes to the 1995 Act, employers with fewer than 15 staff will have to ensure disabled employees are not discriminated against because of their disability. Part 3 of the Act requires that, from 1 October, businesses providing a service to the public need to consider adapting any physical barriers that make it difficult for disabled people to provide the service in a different way.

Under changes to the 1995 Act, employers with fewer than 15 staff will have to ensure disabled employees are not discriminated against because of their disability. Part 3 of the Act requires that, from 1 October, businesses providing a service to the public need to consider adapting any physical barriers that make it difficult for disabled people to provide the service in a different way.

But Philippa Russell, a disability rights commissioner and special policy adviser on disability for the National Children's Bureau, said providers would only have to carry out changes that were reasonable and affordable.

However, settings that leased premises should make sure their landlords met the legislation's requirements.

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