DLF launches updated Disability Awareness factsheet

The Disabled Living Foundation (DLF), a national charity providing free, impartial advice about equipment, announced today the launch of an updated version of their ìDisability Awarenessî factsheet.

The factsheet aims 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. The topics covered within this factsheet are as follows:

What is a disability?
Types of impairment
Cultural and social influences
Barriers to ability
Legislation affecting disabled people
Education
Employment
Housing
Transport
Access to leisure activities
Terminology
Useful organisations

To view the factsheet please click here

Alternatively the factsheet can be obtained by calling the DLF Helpline on 0845 130 9177 or textphone 020 7432 8009.

Companies interested in using the factsheet as part of their training and induction programmes should contact the DLF marketing department on 020 7432 8013 or email marketing@dlf.org.uk.