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Issues, Policies and Values in Post-16 Education and Training Task Choose an institutional policy or statement. Summarise its key features, identify the values which underpin the statement and consider how this policy is implemented in practice in that particular institution. Nescot Disability Equality Scheme 2006 The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 placed a duty on public bodies to promote disability equality; this of course included educational establishments, requiring them to remove any barriers for disabled people instead of just reacting to feedback from them! Disability is defined under the act as a "physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial, adverse and long term, effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities". This also includes people with 'hidden' disabilities e.g. epilepsy or mental health conditions and also illnesses such as cancer, HIV and heart conditions. Appendix 1 taken from the college's scheme gives a full description of people covered by the act. The main...

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