Training for employees with disabilities

Employers should not discriminate against employees with disabilities in the way that they offer or provide training.

Training opportunities

Your employer must not deny you training opportunities because you have a disability. Your employer must also make reasonable changes to improve the accessibility of a training programme. Changes might include:

providing individual training for employees with disabilities to use any adaptations or special equipment used in the workplace
providing training over a longer period for employees who can only attend a training course for a limited number of hours per day
providing training material in different formats, making sign language interpreters available and allowing trainees to bring a personal assistant on a course
adjusting premises used for training

Your employer might also:

train other staff to understand the organisation's policy towards people with disabilities
provide disability equality training for all staff
be an example of good practice by setting standards of accessibility within the organisation
make the services they are providing accessible to people with disabilities

Disability Discrimination Act

Your employer must meet the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). It is also important that your employer ensures that staff members understand the implications of the DDA and comply with it.