UK disability discrimination law and stammering / stuttering
Regulations to retain some EU case law The government has published a draft of regulations which would preserve the effect of some EU case law after the end of 2023, particularly on the meaning of “disability”. Discussion: Retained EU Law Act 2023>Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023. Adjustments in health services Added Examples of … Read more
Examples of adjustments by service providers New page Examples of adjustments and discrimination: service providers, including material shifted from the ‘For businesses’ section of this website, and taking in examples from new STAMMA resources for service providers. Transport Major update of Transport page, including trains, buses, ships and air travel. Harassment Update of Harassment of … Read more
22nd October is International Stammering Awareness Day (ISAD). STAMMA has published a video and guidance for healthcare providers, and a “Don’t be a knob” video ad and guidance for service providers more generally. Write to your GP STAMMA (the British Stammering Association) is encouraging people to write to your GP (stamma.org), to help make booking … Read more
STAMMA (British Stammering Association) is running zoom workshops on applying for jobs if you stammer:
Claire Tupling’s excellent blog Starmer’s ‘F-Bomb’ (educationandsociety.wordpress.com) warns that “oracy” should accept that speech may be dysfluent. Labour has pledged to put oracy at the centre of its plans to reform education. However oracy and “good communication” is often wrongly equated with fluency. Claire warns that children who stammer should not be told that the … Read more
STAMMA (British Stammering Association) is urging changes in GP appointment booking systems nationwide. A survey by STAMMA showed that phone-only systems and lack of staff training caused people who stammer to face physical and mental distress, delayed appointments, and late diagnoses. More: GP bookings: change is needed (stamma.org), 8 August 2023. STAMMA proposes GPs offering … Read more
STAMMA Advocacy Service STAMMA Advocacy Service (stamma.org) now launched, including for poor treatment by employers and service providers. Added to Sources of help and advice>STAMMA/ British Stammering Association. GP bookings: campaign STAMMA (the British Stammering Association) is urging changes in GP appointment booking systems nationwide: Booking a GP appointment: removing barriers for people who stammer. … Read more
Retained EU Law Bill Retained EU Law Bill page updated for changes made in the Bill’s passage through Parliament. The Bill would alter the position of EU law in Britain. It may well reduce Equality Act protection and create uncertainty in some areas, particularly from 1st January 2024. Bill of Rights Bill withdrawn The government … Read more
OSCE exams for healthcare professionals: new guide on adjustments for stammering STAMMA and the NHS Stammering Network have produced a Job-based oral exam guide (stamma.org), March 2023, mainly for OSCE exams in the health sector. Anyone who is seeking – or supporting a request for – adjustments to these scenario-based professional exams, in respect of … Read more
The employment tribunal found that the claimant’s stammer was not a disability within the Equality Act. The burden of proof was on the claimant, and he had not presented sufficient evidence to show that his stammer had a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. That was supported … Read more