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A Straightforward Guide to the Rights of Disabled people is a comprehensive overview of the law and practice as it affects people with all types of disability. It includes information on the rights of disabled children.

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Inglaterra

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England

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Publié par	Straightforward Publishing
Date de parution	25 juillet 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781847165909
Langue	English

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A STRAIGHTFORWARD GUIDE TO THE RIGHTS OF DISABLED PEOPLE
Doreen Jarrett
www.straightfowardco.co.uk
Straightforward Guides
Doreen Jarrett 2015
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electronic or mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright holders.
eISBN 978-1-84716-590-9 Kindle ISBN 978-1-84716-591-6
Printed by 4Edge Ltd www.4Edge.co.uk
Cover design by Bookworks Islington
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained within this book is correct at the time of going to press, the author and publisher can take no responsibility for any errors and omissions contained within.
Contents
Introduction
Ch.1 The Law and Disability
The Equality Act 2010
Definition of impairment
Definition of long-term effects
Definition of day-to-day activities
Specialised activities
Disabled children
Ch.2 The Benefit System-Entitlements
Attendance Allowance
Personal Independence Payments
Carers allowance
Housing Costs
Council Tax Support
Pension credit
Income Support
Job seekers allowance
Employment and Support allowance
Universal Credit-How it Works
Cap on all benefits
Working Tax credit
Winter fuel payment
Cold weather payment
TV licence concessions
Bereavement benefits
Ch.3 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
Paid representation and other help
Payments available from the Scheme
The Hardship Fund
Applying for a payment
Applying on behalf of children
Applying on behalf of an adult who cannot apply themselves
If you are injured outside Great Britain
Ch.4 Carers and Help For Carers
What is a carer?
The Care Act 2014
Eligibility for care and support services
Before the assessment
Parent carer assessments
Hospital discharge and NHS continuing care
Ch.5 Options for Care-Paying for Care Homes
Options for care before choosing a care home
Personal care or nursing care?
Care homes for adults aged 18 to 65
Residential care for children and adolescents
The choice of care home to suit your needs
The Care Act 2014
How the care is paid for
Other benefits available
Considerations when deciding a move to a care home
Rights of care home residents
Care home closures
Ch.6 Whilst You are In Hospital
Information for disabled people going into hospital
Benefits Whilst in Hospital
Consent to treatment
Leaving Hospital
Ch.7 Disabled Children
Right to maternity leave
Compulsory maternity leave
Giving notice to the employer
Work during the maternity leave period
Time off for Ante-natal care
Statutory Maternity Pay
When is SMP paid?
Maternity Allowance
Returning to work after maternity leave
Parental leave
Paternity leave
The Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010
Shared parental leave
Adoption leave and pay
Qualifying requirements
Disabled children s benefits
Additional help-Family Fund
Loans and grants to assist in the care of a disabled child
Home adaptations
Healthy Start Vouchers
Disability Living Allowance-Care Component
Eligibility for child benefit
Guardians allowance
Ch.8 Disabled People and Employment
Entering employment
Role of Jobcentre Plus and Disability Employment Advisors
Community Work Placement Programme
Work Choice
Access to Work
How much support can you receive?
Training
When you are in work
Disability and employers responsibilities
Reasonable adjustments in the workplace
Recruitment
Redundancy and retirement
Claiming benefits as a result of a work related disability
Industrial Injury Disablement Benefits (IIDB)
Eligibility
Other benefits you may get
Effect of IIDB on other benefits you are receiving
Ch.9 Disabled people and Education
Education generally
Reasonable adjustments
Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Higher education
Children with special educational needs (SEN)
Support a child can receive
Special educational needs support
Children under 5
Children between 5 and 15
Young people aged 16 or over in further education
Independent support for children of all ages
Extra help
Requesting an EHC assessment
Creating an EHC plan
Disagreeing with a decision
Personal budgets
If your child got support before September 2014
Early Years Action and School Action
Early Years Action Plus and School Action Plus
Assessments
Statement
Further education
Help and advice
Disabled people and financing studies
Students and means tested benefits
Ch.10 Tenancy Rights and Rights in the Home
Discrimination and property
Adapting Property
Auxiliary Aids
Ways of Discriminating Against Disabled Tenants
Changing The Terms of a Lease
Your rights and responsibilities as a tenant
Your responsibilities
If your landlord lives outside the UK
Your landlord s safety responsibilities
Gas safety
Fire safety
Repairs
What your landlord must do
Your responsibilities
If your property needs repairs
If your house isn t fit to live in
Rent increases
General rules around rent increases
Rent disputes
New rental terms
Rent arrears
Deposit protection
Deposit disputes
Houses in Multiple Occupation
Standards, obligations and how to complain
Anti-social behaviour
Complaints
Disabled Facilities Grants
How and when you will be paid
Eligibility
Planning and building regulations approval
Other help in the home
Disabled people and buying a home
Getting a mortgage if you re in receipt of disability benefits
Benefit related income that may be considered by potential lending partners:
Help with mortgage interest payments - Support for Mortgage Interest
Solicitors
Adaptations
Help and support
Your legal rights
Ch.11 Disabled People and Travel
The Equality Act 2010
Ease of use of public transport
Travel by bus or coach in a wheelchair
Wheelchair priority
Boarding or alighting
Complaining about the bus service
Rights of disabled passengers using trains
Before travel
On the train
Complaining about a train company
Disabled people and air travel
Reserving seats
At the airport
Complaining about an airline
Rights of disabled air travellers - on the plane
Help on the plane
Taking equipment on board
Disabled people and Taxi travel
Ease of use
Complaining about taxis and minicabs
Disabled people and cruise ships
The Blue Badge Scheme
Motability Scheme
Specialist holiday companies
Ch.12 Disability and the Armed Forces
War Disablement pension
Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS)
The Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (SPVA)
Veterans UK
Veterans Welfare Service
NHS treatment
Equipment for mobility
General addresses for help and support
Ch. 13 Income Tax
Tax basics
Personal allowances
Personal Allowances for people born before 6 April 1948
Tax rates and bands
Other allowances
Dividends
Allowances for blind people
The Married Couple s allowance
Tax-free income
Income from an employer
Benefits that are taxable
Ch.14 Useful Contacts
General addresses and websites
Index
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Introduction
This is the first edition of A Straightforward Guide to The Rights of Disabled people. The book is aimed primarily at people with physical disabilities and is wide ranging, dealing with everything from benefits, employment travel, rights in the home and disabled servicemen and women.
Currently, at the time of writing, 2015, there are real fears that the benefits and security enjoyed by people with disabilities are under attack, mainly through the governments approach to reducing the overall welfare bill. It is feared that the introduction of benefits such as Personal Independence Payments, which replace Disability Living Allowance for those under 65 and also the abolition of the Independent Living Fund, will in the longer-term have an effect on disabled people and their incomes. This is because, in the main, disabled people find it harder to enter the workplace and sustain employment that others.
This book covers the benefit system in it s entirety and highlights what you may or may not be entitled to. It also covers carer s rights and the new law governing those rights, the Care Act 2014. Form thereon we discuss employment law as it affects disabled people, education, care homes, rights whilst in hospital,, rights in the home, disabled children,, rights whilst travelling, rights for ex-service personnel and general rights covering the payment of income tax.
Finally, at the end of the book there are useful addresses and websites of organisations who deal with all areas of disability.
This book sets out to educate and inform those with physical disabilities, their carer s and also parents of disabled people, whether adult or child.
Chapter 1
The Law and Disability
The law and disability
In general, the wide body of laws that protect all people in the United Kingdom will apply to disabled people. Such laws can include consumer law, employment law and family law. However, in certain important respects, the law that applies to disabled people, and gives an extra layer of protection is the Equality Act 2010. This law is wide ranging and incorporated many previous Acts, such as the Disability Discrimination Act, and also clearly defines discrimination. Below is a summary of the Act. However, as we go through the book continuous reference will be made to the Act as it applies to the many areas of life, such as employment and transport, that directly affects disabled people.
The Equality Act 2010
The Equality Act 2010 prohibits discrimination against people with the protected characteristics that are specified in section 4 of the Act. Disability is one of the specified protected characteristics. Protection from discrimination for disabled people applies to disabled people in a range of circumstances, covering the provision of goods