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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

disability access

English answer:

disability access consultancy

Added to glossary by Karl Zeiler
Nov 29, 2007 16:17
16 yrs ago
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English term

disability access

English Marketing Marketing / Market Research Präsentation einer Beratungsgesellscahft
Aufzählung der angebotenen Leistungen:
management consultancy services… including business process improvement, change management, **disability access** and environmental management consultancy.
Responses
4 disability access consultancy
4 +2 access for people with disabilities.
4 handicapped access

Discussion

V_Nedkov Nov 30, 2007:
Ok, sorry about that too :) I had a message that the operation could not be completed.
V_Nedkov Nov 30, 2007:
Sorry for the typo "skil" should read "skip".
V_Nedkov Nov 30, 2007:
Sorry for the typo "skil" should read "skip".
V_Nedkov Nov 30, 2007:
Sorry for the typo "skil" should read "skip".
V_Nedkov Nov 30, 2007:
I think we are just missing something here. It is supposed to be "disability access consultancy". The author just decided to skil the reiteration.
Alexander Demyanov Nov 30, 2007:
Unlike Amy, can't agree with Woodstock 100%; 95% maybe. It's very unlikely about "access to management positions". That's normally called "opportunity", as in "equal opportunity", rather than "access".
awilliams Nov 29, 2007:
agree 100% with Woodstock. Impossible to tell.
Woodstock (X) Nov 29, 2007:
This seems to be a somewhat unusal combination of services, so the broader context of what this consultancy does is fuzzy. "Disability access" to what? Buildings? Computer programs? Management positions? This has to be clarified first, I think.
Marie-Hélène Hayles Nov 29, 2007:
do you want a translation in German or an explanation in English? You've asked this as an English monolingual question).

Responses

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disability access consultancy

Disability access consultancy provides professional advice to architects, builders, government and individuals.
Reference:

http://www.turnerandtownsend.com/services-managementconsultancy-healthsafety-disability.asp

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Vielen Dank, besonders für den Link."
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access for people with disabilities.

http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:8wmMmO1M7NMJ:www.corkco...

https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/disabilityaccess/

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The ELDA ("eLearning Disability Access") project (E-Learning für Menschen mit Behinderungen)

http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:ncXjy8Gf5CQJ:ec.europa....

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https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/disabilityaccess/

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This link is not working for some reason. You need to copy and paste the entire link into address bar.

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The requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) have been introduced gradually since 1996. Part III of the DDA covering Disabled Access - officially called 'Rights of Access - Goods, Facilities, Services and Premises' covers those providing goods, facilities or services to the public and those selling, letting or managing premises.

The Act makes it unlawful for service providers, landlords and other persons to discriminate against disabled people in certain circumstances.

http://www.devon.gov.uk/disability_access.htm

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http://www.accessireland.info/

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Welcome to the California Disability Access Information Website.

The purpose of this site is to provide information and links on the major laws, regulations and areas of interest regarding disability rights and access for Californians with disabilities and other interested persons.

You will find references to laws, resources for services and referrals to organizations that can help you with your access concerns.

http://www.disabilityaccessinfo.ca.gov/

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http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/our_services/acce...

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http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:ycGHp9zxS6cJ:www.donega...

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This web page may be of interest to you.

http://www.tdas.org.uk/html/corpsol.htm
Peer comment(s):
agree P Waters
3 hrs
Thank you.
agree orientalhorizon
4 days
Thank you.
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handicapped access

access for people with disabilities

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"Handicapped" may be considered objectionable when used in phrases like "handicapped people/person/etc.". However, it's a widely used official qualifier with "access".

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Whoever thinks "handicapped access" is objectionable, may want to write angly letters to the thousands of corporations, libraries, government agencies, movie theaters, hospitals and all kinds of other organizations, blatantly using the expression in their published materials, posted signs, etc.

Let's start small and call these three violators (Boston College, Henessy Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art):

http://bc.edu/offices/transportation/handicapped.html
http://hennessey.lib.ok.us/HANDICAP.htm
http://www.mcfls.org/librarycouncil/milwaukee_pl.html

Then write to the other thousands. Who knows, you may revolutionize the English language.

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As it turns out, there are at least hundreds of violators right there in Great Britain:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS177US215&...
Peer comment(s):
neutral awilliams : "handicapped" is a complete no-no; "people with disabilities" yes - but this could mean more than just physical access - it could include widening participation, etc. Hard to tell//and that makes it acceptable, does it?!
12 mins
"Hand. access" is the standard term in the US//It doesn't and doesn't need to. The term IS acceptable. It's "h. access", not "h. people". I assure you that editors here a very serious about PC. Nothing "objectionable" would "sneak in" such numbers.
neutral writeaway : with Amy. Handicapped is a very objectionable term. In English, whether in US, UK or anywhere else
30 mins
I have to disagree. It's the official term used with "access" today.//Wish I could take you for a ride on the Boston T and ask you to read the signs at the stations aloud//Can you support your blanket statements with reference?
neutral Mehmet Hascan : "handicapped" is slightly old-fashioned and many people now think it is offensive. People also now prefer to use the word "disability" rather than "handicap."
34 mins
It is in fashion in official use today.//I don't suggest using "handicap". "Handicapped access".
neutral Vanda Wilcox (X) : in the UK now certainly "handicapped" is considered unacceptable and offensive // I have worked in disability services, and while a few institutions have not changed, most disabled people in the UK dislike the term handicapped
6 hrs
That may well be the case in the UK. I know that it's widely used in the US.//Ppl in the US would dislike to be called "handicapped". That's why it's not "access for handicapped ppl" but "handicapped access".
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