Brasshouse Accessible information services
It is unlawful for a provider of services to discriminate against a disabled person in refusing to provide, or deliberately not providing, to the disabled person any service which he provides, or is prepared to provide, to members of the public The following are examples of services to which this section applies: - access to and means of communication - access to and use of information services (from Part III of Disability Discrimination Act in force in UK from October 1999) |
- Advice to help you produce accessible information for visually impaired clients, customers or service users
- Advice to help you produce accessible information for hearing impaired or deaf clients, customers or service users
- Production of documents in large print, Braille or MOON
- Production of raised print English and foreign language texts including maps or charts
- Recording of voice-overs for videos
- Production of single and multiple audio cassettes and audio CDs
- British Sign Language interpreting
- Monitoring systems to ensure consistently high quality work
- All work covered by professional indemnity insurance
- A fast response and competitive prices
A practical guide to inclusive communications - book or audio CD.
This guide has been produced to help service providers to communicate clearly in a way that does not exclude people with disabilities or particular needs. Topics include using plain language, preparing text for Braille printing, commissioning sign language or foreign language interpreters, using telephones and text phones, setting up induction loops etc.
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