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<p>The Equality Act 2010 contains strong, enforceable protections for disabled people
who experience discrimination, including a failure by employers or service providers
to make reasonable adjustments to enable disabled people to access work and services
like everybody else.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018 the Government committed to the commencement
of section 36 of the Equality Act, which will enable disabled tenants to require that
landlords and building owners to make reasonable adjustments to the common parts of
dwellings, such as entry points, landings and stairs. Work to determine the cost of
implementation is proceeding and an announcement will be made in due course.</p><p>
</p><p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), which enforces the Equality
Act, recently delivered a Legal Support Project to increase access to justice for
people experiencing disability discrimination. It offered groups £189,000 for legal
assistance across 94 cases in areas including employment.</p><p> </p><p>The EHRC has
increased its capacity to advise on discrimination cases in its new strategic plan,
and has supported several court cases which resulted in strengthened rights for disabled
people, including those wishing to make reasonable adjustments to their homes and
disabled children who may demonstrate a tendency to physical abuse as a result of
their disability, whose schools must now make reasonable adjustments in such cases.</p>
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