DDA Audits - surely it can't be that difficult?
the short answer
The Disabled Discrimination Act is somewhat misunderstood and most view it as simply access for people in wheelchairs. This is not the case. The DDA Act applies to people with all sorts of disabilities - for example, those who are hard of hearing, with partial sight, learning difficulties, wheelchair users and the like. The Act requires building owners to carry out reasonable checks to see that their buildings can comply with the Act, and if not, take reasonable steps to ensure that it does.
In addition to audits, we can provide full specification and project management services where necessary to help clients comply.
Part 3 of the Disabled Discrimination Act came into force in October 2004. People who run any business involving access by the public must have complied with the DDA Act from that time. We are fully trained as DDA Auditors to provide an analysis of existing buildings, how the public use them, how they are affected by the DDA Act and what needs to be done if they do not.