In the Press - recent published quotes by Keith Bright

Workplace Law Magazine, October 2004
Face Facts - “There is a great temptation to believe that the problem of ‘compliance’ is a physical one that requires physical solutions. In actual fact around 80% of issues can be managed out.”

“Some organisations appear to resent the fact that people with disabilities are obliging them to spend money on improvements when, in fact, it is their own limited understanding which is making them do things they don’t really need to do.”

“A large number of experts in the field of disability legislation now believe that firms are spending unnecessarily on products and consultancy because they believe they can meet their obligations that way. In fact, regardless of whether you have been handed a ‘compliance Certificate’ or not, no building can be compliant without a change in management practices and attitudes.”

Workplace Law Magazine, October 2004

Upwardly Mobile - “The DDA addresses how we can all have equal employment opportunities, access to services, and use of transport facilities. The DDA is not about buildings. It’s about how we use them and maintain them to ensure equality of opportunity is established and maintained.

The DDA’s purpose is not to see how much money can be spent on improving accessibility, but to create equality of opportunity for everyone. That may often cost nothing more than examining what we do, how we do it, and, where necessary, being willing to change.”