Disabilty Portfolio - Wales Edition

The Wales Edition includes Welsh contextual information and contact details for Welsh organisations. The guides are available in Welsh and English.

• Guide 1: Disability In Context - Use Guide 1 to gain understanding of how disabled people place themselves within society and learn what factors influence their choice of services.
• Guide 2: Meeting Disabled People - Use Guide 2 for advice on face-face interaction with disabled people as service users, customers, colleagues and volunteers.
• Guide 3: Training For Equality - Use Guide 3 to assess your organisation's disability training needs and choose the best trainer for the job.
• Guide 4: Audits - Use Guide 4 to understand the reasons for carrying out audits, to enable you to identify what type of audit you want and find out who you need to approach to do it.
• Guide 5: Disability Discrimination Act - Please note that this has been removed as it has been superseded by the Equality Act 2010.
• Guide 6: Inclusive Information - Use Guide 6 for advice on how to ensure the information you provide is inclusive and accessible to everyone who wants to use your services.
• Guide 7: Using Technology - Use Guide 7 to gain an understanding of how disabled people use technology in their daily lives and how services can be designed to support this.
• Guide 8: Access On A Shoestring - Use Guide 8 for advice on ways to create better access for a wide range of people, without large-scale expenditure. The guide suggests practical routes to low-cost improvements, including planning and behaviour changes that have no cost implication.
• Guide 9: Accessible Environments - Use Guide 9 for advice on what to consider when creating accessible environments for people with a broad range of disabilities and a variety of requirements.
• Guide 10: Outreach And Partnerships - Use Guide 10 to find inspiration and practical guidance for developing and sustaining outreach projects and partnerships in the community.
• Guide 11: Consulting Disabled People - Use Guide 11 for guidance on consultation with disabled people; its benefits and uses; methods of consulting; how to plan and prepare for the process and carry it out in an accessible way.
• Guide 12: Employment At Every Level - Use Guide 12 when considering recruitment and retention - whether of staff, volunteers or trustees - as a practical source of advice on ways to ensure fair treatment for all disabled people in the workplace.
• MLA Access For All Self-Assessment Toolkit: Checklist 1 - Disability Access for Museums, Libraries and Archives.