How well do you know the DDA? Reasonable adjustments

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How well do you know the DDA?Reasonable
adjustments
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What percentage of children may count as
disabled? a) 2 b) 5 c) 6.75 d) 7
e) 18
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Which of these children is disabled? A child
with a) a visual impairment b) asthma c)
cancer d) a learning difficulty
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Who are disabled people?

• Disability Discrimination Act Definition of
  disability
• 1. A person has a disability if he has a
  physical or mental impairment which has a
  substantial and long-term adverse effect on his
  ability to carry out normal day-to-day
  activities. - Part 1, Para. 1.1.
• For the purposes of definition, ignore the
  effects of medical or other treatments or aids
  and appliances.

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Who is disabled?

• To fall within the Act, a person must be
  substantially affected by their disability in one
  of the following ways
• Mobility
• Physical co-ordination
• Manual dexterity
• Continence
• Ability to lift, carry or otherwise move everyday
  objects
• Speech, hearing, eyesight
• Memory or ability to learn, concentrate or
  understand
• Perception of risk or physical danger.

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Definition From December 2005
Some progressive conditions covered from the
point where the person knows they have a
condition Cancer HIV Multiple Sclerosis Mental
Impairment - clinically well recognised criteria
is removed.
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Department Work and Pensions

• Guidance on matters to be taken into account in
  determining questions relating to the definition
  of disability
• www.drc-gb.org

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Which of the following are covered by the
schools duties in the DDA? a) teaching and
learning b) a theatre visit c)
lunchtimes d) exclusions
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Admissions, exclusions and education and
associated services. This includes the
curriculum teaching and learning classroom
organisation breaks and lunchtimes school
policies school clubs and activities homework a
ssessment and exam arrangements timetabling scho
ol trips exclusion procedures ... the whole
life of the school
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When do you need to make reasonable adjustments?
a) when a pupil has been in the school for a bit
and youve assessed what might constitute a
barrier b) when the child arrives c) when the
child is offered a place at the school d) before
any of the above
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The duty is anticipatory, so policies, practices
and procedures should be reviewed as soon as
possible. Adjustments that are more specific to
an individual child should be made at the
earliest opportunity. The duty is breached if a
disabled pupil, or potential pupil, is put at a
substantial disadvantage.
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Which of the following might be a reasonable
adjustment? a) choosing an accessible venue for a
school trip b) playing football with a sounding
ball c) swapping round classroom accommodation d)
setting up a buddy system e) providing a
laptop f) planning lessons so that all pupils
make progress g) demolishing the school and
rebuilding it as single storey
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• Exceptions to the reasonable adjustments duty for
  schools
• auxiliary aids and services
• physical alterations