Very in-depth course with good resources to allow you to carry out an Access Audit.
Access Audits
Equality Act / DDA Access Audits
About Access accessibility audits help organisations meet the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 in England, Scotland and Wales and the DDA in N. Ireland.
An Access Audit is also known as a Disability Discrimination Act Audit or Disabled Access Audit ( DDA audit). The Audit involves conducting a comprehensive inspection and assessment of:
- A building
- An environment
- A service
We make sure buildings are safe, accessible and comfortable for the disabled community. Carefully analysing the risks of existing facilities and design creative solutions to overcome any challenges.
About Access, accessibility audits take a fresh, comprehensive look at the facilities in a building. Formerly known as DDA access audits, we make sure that buildings are safe, accessible, and comfortable for the disabled community. Carefully analysing the risks of existing facilities and design creative solutions to overcome any challenges.
Put yourself in their shoes
Try working your way around a building using your elbow or a clenched fist rather than open hands and flexible fingers. You’ll get an idea soon enough of whether office doors can be opened, toilet doors locked and lights turned on and off by someone who has difficulties with manual dexterity. You’ll be surprised by how many obstacles you encounter along the way.
About our Access Audits
Our access audit reports are unique to each project. Computerised tick boxes cannot interpret a building’s specific design features or its overall accessibility.
Our access audit reports are also free of jargon and produced with the end-user in mind.
We also don’t sell any of the products that are recommended in our reports, you can be sure you will receive unbiased advice.
Our approach to Access Audits
We always see things differently. And that’s what makes us so good at what we do. We notice the things that others don’t see.
We approach a building from the viewpoint of disabled people – for example, maybe noticing that someone with a hearing impairment might experience difficulties with the background noise at a reception point.
We believe that buildings should be inclusive for everyone, and we’re determined to make them.
We believe that the work we do and the clients we work for, say more about us than we could ever convey, so feel free to take a look at our case studies…
