Reasonable adjustments are changes that organisations and services should make to prevent your disability putting you at a disadvantage, compared to others who are not disabled, when accessing the same opportunities and services. Under the Equality Act 2010 Section 20 (GOV.UK) there is a legal duty on employers and service providers to make these reasonable adjustments for disabled people.
Reasonable adjustments in learning and education
- The Education Hub’s blog post titled 'What are reasonable adjustments and how do they help disabled pupils at school?' (GOV.UK) provides examples of reasonable adjustments that can help level the playing field for disabled pupils and how to work with your school to make reasonable adjustments. Read more on GOV.UK disability rights in education.
- Citizen’s Advice provide information about removing barriers for disabled pupils including when a reasonable adjustment should be made and school responsibilities.
- Child Law Advice provides information on disability discrimination and explains the duties of education providers to not discriminate against pupils on the basis of their disability.
- The autistic girls network provides examples of reasonable adjustments possible at school to make neurodivergent pupil’s school experience more equal to their peers.
Reasonable adjustments in employment
- GOV.UK outlines reasonable adjustments for workers with disabilities or health conditions including examples of reasonable adjustments and where to get help and advice.
- Acas explains what ‘reasonable’ means, when an employer must make reasonable adjustments, who pays for reasonable adjustments, making a request and what to do when reasonable adjustments are not made.
- The Equality and Human Rights Commission provide more examples of reasonable adjustments in employment.