Resource list
The following represents key texts that applicants to the NRAC may wish to refer to. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list, but it reflects the resources most frequently used by NRAC members.
Index:
- Codes of practice
- Websites
- Journals
- Design guides
- Access audits
- Planning
- Signage and wayfinding
- Emergency egress
- Educational environments
- Sports and Leisure
- Healthcare
- Transport
- Web accessibility
- Background reading
1 Codes of practice/regulations/legislation
The Building Regulations 2000, Approved Document M: Access to and use of buildings (2004 edition), The Stationery Office, 2003
The Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000, Technical booklet R: 2000 – Access and facilities for disabled people, The Stationery Office, 2001
Non-domestic Technical Handbook, Scottish Executive, The Stationery Office, 2005
BS 8300:2001 (Incorporating Amendment No 1) Design of buildings and their approaches to meet the needs of disabled people – Code of practice, British Standards Institution, 2001, can be ordered from the British Standards Institution's website www.bsi-global.com
Code of Practice – Rights of Access: services to the public, public authority functions, private clubs and premises, The Stationery Office, 2006; can be downloaded from the Disability Rights Commission's website www.drc.gov.uk
Code of Practice – Employment and Occupation, The Stationery Office, 2004, can be downloaded from the Disability Rights Commission's website www.drc.gov.uk
Code of Practice – Trade Organisations and Qualification Bodies, The Stationery Office, 2004, can be downloaded from the Disability Rights Commission's website www.drc.gov.uk
Code of Practice for Schools, The Stationery Office, 2002; can be downloaded from the Disability Rights Commission's website www.drc.gov.uk
Code of Practice for providers of Post-16 education and related services, The Stationery Office, 2002, can be downloaded from the Disability Rights Commission's website www.drc.gov.uk
The Duty to Promote Disability Equality, Statutory Code of Practice, England and Wales, The Stationery Office, 2005, can be downloaded from the Disability Rights Commission's website www.drc.gov.uk
Disability Discrimination Acts 1995 and 2005, HMSO, can be downloaded from the Office of Public Sector Information's website www.opsi.gov.uk
Blackstone's guide to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, by Caroline Gooding, Blackstone Press Limited, 1996
2 Websites
www.direct.gov.uk – Public services
www.drc.gov.uk – Disability Rights Commission
www.cehr.org.uk – Commission for Equality and Human Rights
www.opsi.gov.uk – to view the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, click on Legislation on the left side
www.jmuaccess.org.uk – Joint Mobility Unit
www.disability.gov.uk – Government web page for disabled people
www.dclg.gov.uk – Department for Communities and Local Government, responsible for the Building Regulations
3 Journals
Access by Design, Centre for Accessible Environments, www.cae.org.uk
Access Journal, Access Association and JMU Access Partnership, can be ordered from the JMU Access Partnership, website www.jmuaccess.org.uk
Disability Now, Scope, can be read and ordered from the Disability Now website www.disabilitynow.org.uk
4 Design guides
General
Buildings for all to use 2: improving the accessibility of public buildings and environments, by K Bright, S Flanagan, J Embleton, LSelbekk and G Cook, CIRIA, 2004
The Accessible Office: designing the inclusive workplace, JMU Access Partnership, 2005
Designing for Accessibility, by Andrew Lacey, CAE/RIBA Publishing, 2004, can be ordered from CAE, website www.cae.org.uk
Designing for Special Needs – an Architect's Guide to briefing and designing options for living for people with learning disabilities, Maurice Harker and Nigel King, RIBA Enterprises, 2002, can be ordered from the RIBA Bookshops' website www.ribabookshops.com
Good Loo Design Guide, by Andrew Lacey, CAE/RIBA Publishing, 2004, can be ordered from CAE, website www.cae.org.uk
Barrier Free Design: a manual for building designers and managers, by James Holmes Siedle, Butterworth Heinmann, 1996
Building for Everyone: Inclusion, Access and Use, National Disability Authority, Ireland, 2002
DRC guides
2004 – What it means to you – a guide for service providers (code SP7), Disability Rights Commission, can be downloaded from the Disability Rights Commission website www.drc.gov.uk
2004 – What it means to you – A guide for disabled people (code SP6), Disability Rights Commission, can be downloaded from the Disability Rights Commission's website www.drc.gov.uk
Improving access to goods and services for disabled people (newsagent) (code SP5N), Disability Rights Commission, can be downloaded from the Disability Rights Commission's website www.drc.gov.uk
Improving access to goods and services for disabled customers (hairdressing salon) (code SP5H), Disability Rights Commission, can be downloaded from the Disability Rights Commission's website www.drc.gov.uk
Improving access to goods and services for disabled customers (cafe) (code SP5C), Disability Rights Commission, can be downloaded from the Disability Rights Commission's website www.drc.gov.uk
Improving access to goods and services for disabled customers (clothes shop) (code SP5R), Disability Rights Commission, can be downloaded from the Disability Rights Commission's website www.drc.gov.uk
Making Access to Goods and Services Easier for Disabled Customers: A Practical Guide for Small Businesses and Other Service Providers (code SP5), can be downloaded from the Disability Rights Commission's website www.drc.gov.uk
Historic buildings
Easy Access to Historic Buildings, by English Heritage, second edition 2005, can be downloaded from the English Heritage's website www.english-heritage.org.uk
Access to the Built Heritage – Technical Advice Note 7, 1996, Historic Scotland, Edinburgh
Overcoming the Barriers – Providing Physical Access to Historic Buildings, CADW, 2002
Widening the eye of the needle: Access to church buildings for people with disabilities, by John Penton, Church House Publishing, 2001
Project management
Inclusive Projects: A guide to best practice on preparing and delivering project briefs to secure access, Disabled Persons Transport and Advisory Committee, 2003, can be downloaded from the DPTAC website www.dptac.gov.uk
Building components
Specifiers' Handbooks for Inclusive Design – Architectural Ironmongery, by Alison Grant, CAE/RIBA Publishing, 2005, can be ordered from CAE, website www.cae.org.uk
Specifiers' Handbooks for Inclusive Design – Automatic Door Systems, by Alison Grant, CAE/RIBA Publishing, 2005, can be ordered from CAE, website www.cae.org.uk
Specifiers' Handbooks for Inclusive Design – Platform Lifts, by Alison Grant, CAE/RIBA Publishing, 2005, can be ordered from CAE, website www.cae.org.uk
Specifiers' Handbooks for Inclusive Design – Glass in Buildings, by Ann Alderson, CAE/RIBA Publishing, 2006, can be ordered from CAE, website www.cae.org.uk
Specifiers' Handbooks for Inclusive Design – Internal Floor Finishes, by Ann Alderson, CAE/RIBA Publishing, 2006, can be ordered from CAE, website www.cae.org.uk
5 Access audits
Access and the DDA: A Surveyor's Handbook, by Mark Ratcliff, RICS, 2007
Access Audit Handbook, by Alison Grant, CAE/RIBA Publishing, 2005, can be ordered from CAE, website www.cae.org.uk
Access Audit Price Guide for works in relation to the Disability Discrimination Act , Building Cost Information Service Ltd, RICS, 2002
Access Audits: a guide and checklists for appraising the accessibility of buildings for disabled users, by Andrew Lacey, Centre for Accessible Environments, 1999
The Access Manual: auditing and managing inclusive built environments, (Second edition), by Anne Sawyer and Keith Bright, Blackwell Publishing, 2007
6 Planning
Accessible London: Achieving an Inclusive Environment, The London Plan Supplementary Planning Guidance
Planning and Access for Disabled People: A Good Practice Guide, by Drivers Jonas, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2003, can be downloaded from the DCLG's website www.communities.gov.uk
Circular 01/06 (DCLG): Guidance on Changes to the Development Control System, Department for Communities and Local Government, 2006, can be downloaded from the DCLG's website www.communities.gov.uk
Design and access statements: how to write, read and use them, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), 2006, can be downloaded from CABE's website www.cabe.org.uk
Planning, buildings, streets and disability equality: A guide to the Disability Equality Duty and Disability Discrimination Act 2005 for local authority departments responsible for planning, design and management of the built environment and streets, can be downloaded from the DRC's website www.drc.gov.uk
7 Signage and wayfinding, visual contrast and lighting
Sign Design Guide – a guide to inclusive signage, Peter Barker and June Fraser, JMU and the Sign Design Society, 2000, can be ordered from JMU Access Partnership's website www.jmuaccess.org.uk
Building Sight, Peter Barker, Jon Barrick and Rod Wilson, RNIB/HMSO, 1995, can be ordered from the RNIB bookshop website http://onlineshop.rnib.org.uk
Code for Interior Lighting, Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers, CIBSE, 1997, can be ordered from CIBSE's website www.cibse.org
Colour Contrast and Perception – design guidance for internal built environments, Project Rainbow, Bright, Cook and Harris, University of Reading, 1997
Good Signs – Improving signs for people with a learning disability, Disability Rights Commission, 2004, can be downloaded from the DRC's website www.drc.gov.uk
Project Rainbow, the Research Group for Inclusive Environments, 1995-1996, can be downloaded from the University of Reading's website www.rdg.ac.uk
See it Right, RNIB, 2007, Can be ordered from the RNIB website www.rnib.org.uk
www.duluxtrade.co.uk - colour advice by Colin Wilkie, Dulux, 2003
8 Emergency egress
Emergency Lighting and Wayfinding Systems for visually impaired people, BRE Information Paper, Webber, G M B, and Cook, G K, August 1997, IP9/97 CI/Sfb (63.8) (U35)
BS 5588 Part 8 Fire Precautions in the Design and Construction of Buildings: Means of Escape for Disabled People, British Standards Institution, 1999, can be ordered from the BSI website www.bsi-global.com
BS 5588 Part 12:2004 Fire Precautions in the Design and Construction of Buildings: Managing fire safety, British Standards Institution, 2004, can be ordered from the BSI website www.bsi-global.com
Fire and disabled people in buildings, by T J Shields, Building Research Establishment, 1993, can be ordered from the BRE bookshop website www.brebookshop.com
Personal Emergency Egress Plans, Northern Officer Group, 1993, available only from CAE, can be ordered from CAE, website www.cae.org.uk
9 Educational environments
Acoustic Design Guidelines and Teacher Strategies for optimising learning conditions in classroom for hearing and hearing-impaired children, Shield, Bridget and Dockrell Julie, 2002
Acoustic Design of Schools – Building Bulletin 93 (includes acoustic performance to comply with the Building Regulations) DfES, 2002
A Guide for Schools, DRC, can be downloaded from the DRC website www.drc.gov.uk
Building Bulletin 61, Designing for Children with Special Education Needs- Ordinary Schools Dept of Education and Science Building, DfEE, 1996
Building Bulletin 91: Access for Disabled People to School Buildings – Management and Design Guide, DfEE
Building Bulletin 94: Inclusive School Design Building: Accommodating pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in mainstream schools, DfEE, 2001
Don't Limit your Senses – Sound and the Learning Environment, Saint-Gobain Ecophon, Ljungbergs Tryckeri, Sweden, 2002
Good Lighting for schools and educational Establishments - can be downloaded from www.pisa.oecd.org
Learning Skills Council circular on Access Audits, 03/05
What it Means for Schools, DRC, can be downloaded from the Tameside Council website www.tameside.gov.uk
What the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 means for Schools and LEAs, DfEE, Circular No 3/97, can be downloaded from the DfES website www.dfes.gov.uk
10 Sports, arts and leisure
Access for Disabled People, Sport England, 2002, can be downloaded from the Sport England website www.sportenglandpublications.org.uk
Accessible Stadia – A good practice guide to the design of facilities to meet the needs of disabled spectators and other users, The Football Stadia Improvement Fund/The Football Licensing Authority, can be downloaded from the Football Foundation website www.footballfoundation.org.uk
Tourism for All: providing accessible accommodation, John Penton, The Holiday Care Service/The English Tourist Board, 1990
Tourism for All: providing accessible visitor attractions, Bob Donaldson, English Tourist Board, 1994
Inclusive Angling – Access Guidelines for Fisheries, by British Disabled Angling Association, 2005, can be ordered from the BDAA's website www.bdaa.co.uk
Access for Disabled People to Arts Premise: The Journey Sequence, by C Wycliffe Noble and Goffrey Lord, Architectural Press, 2004, can be ordered from the RIBA Bookshops website www.ribabookshops.com
The Disability Portfolio, by the Museums Libraries and Archives Council, a collection of 12 guides which can be downloaded from the MLA's website www.www.mla.gov.uk
Talking Images Guidance: Museums, galleries and heritage sites: improving access for blind and partially sighted people, by RNIB, English Heritage and Vocaleyes www.vocaleyes.co.uk
Access Plans, helping your application, from the Heritage Lottery Fund, can be downloaded from the HLF website www.hlf.org.uk
Another Eyesight: Multi-Sensory Design in Context, by Julia Ionides and Peter Howell, published by the Dog Rose Press
11 Health care
Access Audits of Primary Healthcare Buildings: Health Facilities Note 20 NHS Estates, 1997
Lighting and colour for hospital design, by Hilary Dalke, Paul J Littlefair and David L Loe, The Stationery Office, 2004
12 Transport and the external environment
Inclusive Mobility: A guide to best practice on access to pedestrian and transport infrastructure, by Philip R Oxley, Mobility and Inclusion Unit, Department for Transport, 2002 - can be downloaded from the Department for Transport website www.dft.gov.uk
BT Countryside for All: Accessibility Standards for Countryside Recreation, by the Fieldfare Trust, 1997, second edition, 2005, can be ordered from the Fieldfare Trust website www.fieldfare.org.uk
Landscape Design for Elderly and Disabled People, by Jane Stoneham and Peter Thoday, can be ordered from the Sensory Trust's website www.sensorytrust.org.uk
By All Reasonable Means: Inclusive access to the outdoors for disabled people, The Countryside Agency, 2005 - Can be downloaded from the The Countryside Agency website www.countryside.gov.uk/LAR/ByAllReasonableMeans.asp
Streets for all: A guide to the management of London's streets, English Heritage, 2000
Easy Access to Historic Landscapes, English Heritage and Heritage Lottery Fund, 2005
Guidance on use of tactile paving surfaces, Department of Transport (DfT), 1998, www.dft.gov.uk
Train and station services for Disabled passengers: a code of practice, Strategic Rail Authority, London 2002
Reducing mobility handicaps: towards a barrier-free environment, Institution of Highways and Transportation, 1991
13 Web accessibility
Building Accessible Websites, Joe Clark, 2003
Quick Web Accessibility – A guide for busy voluntary sector managers and designers, available to download from the Sensory Trust's website www.sensorytrust.org.uk.
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), more information on the website www.w3.org/WAI/
PAS 78:2006 Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites available to download on the DRC website www.drc.gov.uk
14 Background reading
Disability and the City: international perspectives, Rob Imrie, Paul Chapman Publishing, 1996
Disability: Making Buildings Accessible – Special Report, Edited by Keith Bright, Workplace Law Network, 2003
Disabled People and Discrimination in Britain, Colin Barnes, Hurst and Co, 1991
European Concept for Accessibility, Marten Wijk (ed), CCPT Netherlands, 1996
FM Law Series: Disabled Access to Facilities: A practical and comprehensive guide to you duties under Part III (2004) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, by Ian Waterman and Janet A Bell, Butterworths Tolley, 2003
Removing Disabling Barriers, Gerry Zarb (ed), Policy Studies Institute, 1995
