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Legislation and policyThe Act also gives disabled people theright to equal access to recreational andeducational facilities, including help withtravel. Councils have a duty to provideeducational facilities for children who areboth blind and Deaf, later extended toinclude autism and dyslexia.Buildings open to the public are requiredto provide parking and toilet facilities fordisabled people. Disabled driver badgesfor cars are introduced with exemptionsfor parking and other access.However the Act is seen by its critics asgiving even greater power to professionalsand medical specialists.1981The United Nations designates 1981 as‘The International Year for Disabled People’.Disabled people do not play a large part inmost of its key events.Their response is to challenge the ‘for’of the Year and insist on the ‘of’ aimingat self-organisation. Disabled People’sInternational is formed this year and nowhas consultative status with the UnitedNations.1983The Mental Health Act reduces the lengthof compulsory orders, narrows definitionsof mental impairment, and requiresconsent to treatment three months afteradmission.1986The Disabled Persons Act strengthensthe provisions of the Chronically Sick andDisabled Persons Act 1970 and requireslocal authorities to meet the various needsof disabled people.14
Legislation and policy1990The Americans with Disabilities Actis passed – a wide-ranging civil rightslaw that prohibits discrimination basedon <strong>disability</strong>.1995Protests by disabled people lead to thelandmark introduction of the DisabilityDiscrimination Act. This makes it illegalto discriminate against disabled peoplein connection with employment, theprovision of goods, facilities and servicesor the disposal or management ofpremises. Service providers must nowmake reasonable adjustments to enabledisabled people to access their services.1996Bowing to pressure from the NationalCentre for Independent Living and theIndependent Living Movement, thegovernment makes direct payments forsocial care legal in The Community Care(Direct Payments) Act. Direct payments laythe foundations for self-directed support,upon which initiatives such as personalbudgets are now building.15
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