News
- Disabled student settles case against college – read
- Leaflet on assistance with air travel for disabled people – read
- Hearing Matters report predicts one in five will have hearing loss by 2035 – read
- Welcome to new member, Arts and Disability Forum.
- Autism Employer Guidance Booklet Launched – view
- Disability Case Settlement: PSNI settles case involving disability-related absence – details
Disability Cases and Settlements – read
News Archive
- Thanks to Texthelp for offering 15% discount on dyslexia software for EFDNI members.
Alistair Campbell, Texthelp, donates accessible software to Mags Harkin, EFDNI
- Visually impaired man wins case against Bangor restaurant – read
- 39% of Equality Commission for NI enquiries are disability-related
- People harassed due to obesity may be covered by disability discrimination legislation – read
- Making “Chip and Pin” Machines Accessible – case settlement – read
- RNIB – the barriers to blind and partially sighted people getting out and about report – read
- Children With Autism Get Preview of Airport Experience – read
- Access Card is launched – read
- Offering autism-friendly customer experiences – read
- Equality Commission Launches “Every Customer Counts” – download information and resources
- “How We Implement Good Disability Practice”, by Belfast City Council, Winners of 2014 and 2012 Irish News Disability Best Practice Employer Award
- Disabled diner asked to leave restaurant – read
- Tesco asks woman with guide dog to leave – read
- Employers for Disability NI Annual Activity Report, 2014 – read
- Australian study: depression best managed by staying on job – read
- Leonard Cheshire Disability campaign highlighting disability hate crime – read
- Asberger’s: BBC article – read
- Congratulations to Belfast City Council, 2014 Disability Best Practice Employer: read photos
- EUSE launches diversity toolkit – read
- Transformation in Attitudes Due to Disabled Athletes – read
- Employer awareness of autism makes the biggest difference read more
- Publication on Welcoming Assistance Dogs – view
- EFD 2013 Annual Report of Activities
- Minister Addresses Disability Positive Conference, 9 April 2014 – read/photo
- Antrim Borough Council Employees are “Disability Positive” – read
- Dementia care and its effects in the workplace – read
- Mental Health – show leadership –read
- DOJ Autism Guide – read
- Members support JAM initiative for people with learning disabilities – read
- People with Cancer Face Discrimination – read
- 2013 Irish News Disability Best Practice Employers – read
- Congratulations to First “Disability Positive” Employees: read
- DDA: agency worker with depression wins case – read
- Discrimination Case – Nursing Auxiliary with Visual Impairment – read
- Teenager with autism tipped for nobel prize – read/view
- Digital Accessibility: Web Essentials Course – read more or go to website
- Living a conjoined life – Abby and Brittany Hensel – read
- Equality Commission for NI – managing disability in the workplace
- More than half don’t take lunch break, despite evidence that it is important to preserve good mental health
- NI suicide rate doubles
- Publication: Showcasing Disability Best Practice Publication
- Member Accreditation Certificates Presented
- Disability Best Practice Employer Award Winners
- Paralympic games improve attitudes towards disabled people
- NI Assembly is “autism friendly”
- Video: Armagh City and District Council Good Disability Practice Video
- A free-to-use font designed to help people with dyslexia read online content is gaining favour – read more
- EFDNI Launches Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Service – read more
- New report shows business benefits of supporting disabled people – read more
- Latest statistics on sickness absence (May 2012) – read more
- Avoid disability discrimination in on-line recruitment – read more
- Northern Ireland Support for Stammering and Dysfluency – read more
- Court of Appeal ruling reduces disabled air passengers’ rights – read more
- Employers for Disability NI 20th Anniversary: What better way to mark this milestone than with the formal announcement of EFDNI Member
- Accreditation on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 2 December 2011. Thanks to all our Lead Partners, Members, the Board of Directors and Advisers for the fantastic support and commitment given over the past two decades!
- NI has World’s Highest Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Rate – read more
- Short guide to anti-discrimination law for service provders launched – view
- Passenger with disability agrees settlement with taxi company – to read the story go to: ECNI Webpage
- Survey: Scope survey finds negative attitudes
- Face Equality Campaign Launched
- NI DDA case recognises need for dyslexia advocate to support person through disciplinary process – download decision
- The Newsletter Focuses on Mental Health – download
- EFDNI Launches Strategic Plan for 2010 – 2013 – details
- “Fit Notes” – Department for Social Development guide for employers – download
- Compensation Settlement in House of Lords Landmark Case on Disability – details
- Supreme Court rules in favour of disabled person in RBS wheelchair access case – more information
- Consumer Council easing the journey for disabled air passengers
- Research Report Findings – flexible working good for physical and mental health – more information
- Transport Regulations Come into Force
- OFMDFM Report: Promoting Social Inclusion (PSI) Disability
- Channel Five News hosted by Person with Facial Disfigurement
- NICE Advice on Promoting Good Mental Health in the Workplace (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence)
- Equality Commission Marks 10th Anniversary
- Armagh City and District Council Celebrates Disabled Workers