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Training for disabled employees

All employees should have equal access to a company's training programmes. Your employer must not deny you training opportunities just because you are disabled.

Your employer must also make reasonable changes to improve the accessibility of a training programme. Changes might include:

  • providing individual training for disabled employees to use any adaptations or special equipment used in the workplace
  • providing training over a longer period for employees who can only attend a training course for a limited number of hours per day
  • re-training employees who become disabled to allow them to remain in their present job or take a different job
  • providing training material in different formats, making sign language interpreters available and allowing trainees to bring a personal care attendant on a course
  • adjusting premises used for training

Your employer should also ensure that they:

  • train other staff to understand their policy towards disabled people
  • provide disability equality training for all staff who have contact with the public
  • give the example of good practice by setting standards within the organisation
  • make the services they are providing accessible to disabled people

Disability Discrimination Act

Your employer must meet the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). It is essential also that your employer ensures that staff members understand the implications of, and comply with, the DDA.

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