DDA: Partially-sighted People Protected under New Legislation

• Author:
• Daniel Barnett

The Disability Discrimination (Blind and Partially Sighted People) Regulations 2003 were laid before Parliament yesterday.

They provide that anybody who is blind or partially sighted (either certified as such by a consultant ophthalmologist, or registered as such with the local authority) is deemed to be disabled within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. In other words, they no longer need to establish that being partially sighted has a substantial adverse effect on thei... (13 more words)

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