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22.04.08 | Colin AdamsonSection 242 and the Disability Equality Duty - Making a Happy MarriageWe do not get many comments on the blog so we were delighted when Michelle Valentine, the author of the piece that follows, was sufficiently interested by an entry that Andrew Craig wrote in March on complying with Section 242 to note in our comment box "This new duty could be quite a powerful lever for disabled people, and it will be interesting to see how this duty will be implemented alongside the duties imposed by the DDA 2005 to involve disabled people. I would welcome a discussion about this." This was rather unwise of Michelle because of course we ...
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