Blue Badge Scheme For Disabled People
Information on applying for a car parking (blue) badge for disabled people.

Children with Disabilities
Services for children with disabilities and their families

Disability Discrimination Act
The DDA came into effect in December 1996 when all the employment provisions and the first duties on service providers (making it unlawful to treat a disabled person ‘less favourably’) were introduced.

DisabledGo
Visit the DisabledGo website. DisabledGo provides free detailed access information for disabled people in the Wakefield District as well as across the UK. Their detailed access information will empower you to judge for your self which hotels, cinemas, restaurants, solicitor’s offices, pubs, train stations – all kinds of shops and services- are accessible to you.

Disabled People - Bus Passes
Information and application form for disabled people requiring a bus pass.

Home Library Service
Books brought to your door if you are unable to get to a branch library or a mobile stop

Learning Disabilities
Find out about care plans and how to access this service.

Mental Capacity Act 2005
Empowering and protecting vulnerable people who are not able to make their own decisions.

Physical and Sensory Disabilities
For more about the teams working with people with sensory and physical disabilities and the services they can provide

Your Voice Wakefield Advocacy Service
Is an Advocacy Project that supports adults with learning disabilities, who live in the Wakefield District, to speak up for themselves and take more control over their own lives.

Useful Links
Links to websites that may be useful to disabled people and their families.

DIAL Wakefield
Free, independent advice and information service for disabled people