Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA), a disability is a physical or mental impairment that has a long-term or substantial effect on a person's ability to carry out day to day tasks.
This ranges from people with physical and sensory impairments to people with diabetes, disfigurements, heart disease and epilepsy. Not all of these affect how an individual may access the internet however.
Eyesight
This includes people with no vision, or some functional vision. For example, screen readers are used by the blind to read web pages, and someone with poor vision may use screen magnification or adjust their browser settings to make reading more comfortable. This group also includes people with colour blindness and those with eyesight problems related to ageing.
Hearing
This includes people who are completely deaf or have partial hearing in one or both ears and require the use of a hearing aid.
Mobility
This refers to a wide range of people with varying types of physical disabilities. With regards to the web is refers largely to people with upper limb mobility, manual dexterity and co-ordination problems. This can be caused though a disability that an individual is born with or one that develops due to illness such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's or a stroke. People with a broken bone would also temporarily fall into the category.
Cognitive
Cognitive impairment refers to people with dyslexia and learning difficulties. Dyslexia is a condition where people have difficulties with reading, writing or spelling. Learning problems can range from someone who has a serious mental impairment, or may be due to more common factors as poor literacy, a low level of skill using a computer, having to use the web in a second language, or problems understanding information.
Welcome to the Age UK Business Directory for Northamptonshire
Thank you for visiting your local Age UK Business Directory website. This site is designed to connect you with the products or services that you are looking for from traders and business that have been checked out by local Age UK staff. To find what you are looking for please use one of our easy to use search facilities set out above.
The businesses that feature on this site are:
Reputable Companies
Committed to excellent Customer Service
Signed up to our Customer Charter
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The local Age UK Business Directory is a free service for you to find a trustworthy builder, plumber, joiner, plasterer, gardener, roofer, solicitor or any other type of supplier or service. We list reputable retailers as well as contractors and mobility aid providers. You can be assured that we are very careful about the services we promote on the dircetory and each company has been checked by local Age UK staff and has agreed to abide by our customer charter. If you cannot find what you are looking for try one of the neighbouring directories in Oxfordshire and Leicester Shire and Rutland
