Office for Disability Issues - Make Information better for Disabled People

13/02/2007

Office for Disability Issues is the focal point within government to coordinate disability policy across all departments and take forward the Life Chances Report to ensure robust implementation of its recommendations.

One of their objectives for 2007 is to 'Make Information Better for Disabled People'

Anne McGuire –Minister for Disabled People says;

“Good services need to be accessible and to make sure that people are not left out. Having good information is an important part of making this happen.

Disabled people are an important group of people and many of them use public services.

These services must look at the needs of the people who use them. They must also give people a say in how services are set up and run.

The law says that public organisations must look at how everything they do affects disabled people. This means that they must think about disabled people’s needs and ask them what they think.

The Office for Disability Issues is doing some work on making information better".

You can read the full report by following the link and you can view their website by going to our 'Useful Links' page.

click here to download easy read version of the full report

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