Care about disabled people having equal chance of success in
LIPA & the performing arts ?
Dear Student, Alumna or Alumnus or Staff member
Can you find a few minutes to complete and return the short
questionnaire at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/27XB6BJ to assist us in
knowing where and how to continue improving services, premises and
equipment for disabled people at LIPA ? If you would prefer to complete a
hard copy please e-mail [email protected]. Please note that staff are
due to be forwarded a hard copy in due course from Human Resources.
You or your responses will not be identifiable in any report produced from
all the replies, but where you leave your name and contact details to be
re-contacted these details will be forwarded to the relevant person unless
you indicate otherwise (at question 5). Also, under the Data Protection
Act 1984/1998, we need your ‘explicit permission’ to ‘record, store and
use’ data about any disability you declare where you are identifiable, and
we will therefore assume that you are giving this permission by adding
your name unless you indicate otherwise (at question 5).
For the purposes of this questionnaire ‘disabled’ means anyone who
considers themselves to have a disability and/or who meets the Disability
Discrimination Act definition of people with physical, sensory,
communication and intellectual impairments & people with mental health
and other long-term health conditions such as diabetes, epilepsy, cancer,
multiple sclerosis, HIV and schizophrenia. Impairment must have i) a
substantial adverse affect on a person’s ability to carry out normal dayto-day activities ii) lasted for at least 12 months or be likely to last for 12
months or more
The term ‘disabled people’ is used in line with our adoption of the social
model of disability. If you wish to identify any disability in an alternative
way you have that opportunity at question 7.
Please complete the questionnaire by Friday 12th February 2010. If you
have any queries about this questionnaire or any other aspect of disability
at LIPA please do not hesitate to contact me via [email protected], or
Rob Hughes (Learner Support Manager on [email protected] or 0151
330 3013 - messages can be left).
Thank you in anticipation. Yours faithfully
Kate Noble
Kate Noble
Equality & Diversity Adviser
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts