DDA Advice

DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) 1995. This bill made it mandatory that all establishments and service providers, open to the public, have taken reasonable steps to provide access for disabled people. Under the Equality Act 2010, made DDA compliance is a legal obligation to ensure accessibility for disabled individuals.

Disability awareness in designs and buildings.

 

Whilst the act DDA 1995 act was superseded by the Equality Act 2010. DDA Compliance is still a term used to refer to disability awareness in designs and buildings whether this is access via ramps or lifts, to other considerations such as colour palates and lighting for visually impaired. HTC have undertaken design awareness training to assess and highlight potential design flaws when considering not only Building Regulations Part M compliance but the wider design considerations of various disabilities.