Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG)
The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is a grant to help towards the costs for essential home adaptations to enable a disabled person to maintain freedom of movement and access to essential facilities within the home.
Diagnosis
Waiting for a diagnosis can be very difficult. Often it can take time for results of tests to be completed. If you want to know more about testing or muscle biopsies click on the link below for information that can help:
Direct Payments
Direct Payments are cash payments made instead of Social Service provisions to individuals who have been assessed as needing services.
Disability Discrimination Act
Part 3 of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), which came into force on 1 October 2004, requires every business, large or small – from the local shop to restaurants, health clubs, dentists and supermarkets – to become more user-friendly to Britain’s 10 million disabled people.
- Visit Equality and Human Rights Commission's website for more information: www.equalityhumanrights.com
Disability organisations
Our Links Section lists contact details for organisations that offer services for disabled people. The services provided range from information and advice on general disability issues to benefits and disability rights.
Disability rights
Sometimes it can be good to know your rights before you contact a service provider, or you might need advice when you have been refused a service. We have listed some organisations that provide advice on your rights.
Driving
For information on vehicles and driving, visit the link below. It features links to different organisations that help with car adaptations, driving tests and other issues disabled drivers may have.
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