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#1 Posted : 30 September 2005 10:55:00(UTC)
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Posted By Jonathan Sandler This is a bit of a strange one, but real request. I have been asked by some staff, 'can you get Health and Safety Act and regs on tape cos I can not read.' Anybody please help. Good point under DDA. Thanks Jonathan
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#2 Posted : 30 September 2005 11:37:00(UTC)
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Posted By David P. Johnson Why can't they read - do they have a visual impairement, or another genuine disability which could affect their reading; such as servere learning difficulties? Simply being illiterate would not invoke the DDA in my view. If this latter scenario is the case, it would be more suitable to refer the person for adult literacy classes (free from local colleges of further education). As for if they are available, I would contact the HSE, they may produce them. If not, it would not in my view be a reasonable adjustment to provide them on audio tape or CD due to the frequency that legislation/best practice (inc case law) changes - that of course in your case would depend entirely on your circumstances though, a reasonable adjustment here and one at your organisation would differ massively. Perhaps you could contact the Disability Rights Commission helpline for some initial advice?
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#3 Posted : 30 September 2005 11:56:00(UTC)
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Posted By Jonathan Sandler As you have identified correctly#ey the member of staff is dyslexic & disfracic. This person wants to learn safety law and finds it easier to retain the spoken word rather than the written word. All they would like to know is can they get safety law on spoken word disc?
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#4 Posted : 30 September 2005 12:04:00(UTC)
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Posted By David P. Johnson I hate to be impertinent but do you mean dyspraxic? HSE may sell them, or know of suppliers that sell them. Alternatively, you could obtain the PDF versions of the documents from hsedirect (a day ticket is £20+vat) and use a computer reader for the documents, such as Microsoft Sam. The chances are the latter may be a better option, I imagine recording would be expensive.
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#5 Posted : 30 September 2005 18:16:00(UTC)
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Posted By Jack Further to David's post I agree that suitable software to convert the written text to spoken word is the way to go. But for much legislation there is no need to pay for it. Regs from the last few years are avaible from The Stationery Office and I've seen HASAWA on several sites. (eg TUC site I believe)
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