Young People for Inclusion

Accessibility ‘ the quality of being able to be reached or entered’

Physical Access, Attitudes, Communication and Training

Physical Access

What happens when you don’t involve users in decision making…

Attitudes Did you know… A quarter of disabled people have experienced attitudes or behaviour where other people expect less of them because of their disability 36% of British people tend to think of disabled people as not as productive as everyone else 85% of the British public believe disabled people face prejudice

Communication Did you know… One fifth of 18 – 34 year olds admit the have actually avoided talking to a disabled person Two thirds of the British public feel uncomfortable talking to disabled people

Training

How can user involvement improve accessibility?

If you’d like more information about how to involve service users in your organisation, we recommend these resources Involvement-briefing.pdf If you’d like us to you these links and more information about what we do, please join our mailing list at the end of the awards!