Disability Awareness
15/03/2010
The Disabled Living Foundation (DLF) is contacted each year by many people studying different aspects of disability as part of their course work or for their own personal development. This factsheet has been written to give some insight into the issues surrounding disability, particularly focusing on the ways in which disability in society today continues to be a barrier to achievement and equality.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION 4
WHAT IS A DISABILITY? 4
TYPES OF IMPAIRMENT 6
CULTURAL AND SOCIAL INFLUENCES 7
BARRIERS TO ABILITY 7
LEGISATION AFFECTING DISABLED PEOPLE 9
EDUCATION 11
EMPLOYMENT 12
HOUSING 13
TRANSPORT 14
ACCESS TO LEISURE ACTIVITIES 15
TERMINOLOGY 15
USEFUL ORGANISATIONS 16
BIBLIOGRAPHY 18