Top tips on disability equality and communications

Tip1.

Understand why disability matters. If you lead a team or contract agencies to deliver, make sure they understand too.

Tip 2.

Understand what your organisation says in its accessibility / inclusivity policy.

Tip 3.

Understand the basics of the Disability Discrimination Act and know where to go for further information.

Tip 4.

Use the background section for information about disability and to make a case for investment or for a particular communications strategy or plan.

Tip 5.

Involve disabled people in your communications planning.

Tip 6.

Make sure you understand how to make communications accessible to disabled people (much of this guidance tells you how).

Tip 7.

You can also get advice from the Central Office of Information's Informability Team.

For further information, explore the background section of this guidance.

Alternatively an overview is also available in the essentials section.

For other information resources, go to the resources section of this guidance.