Disability Discrimination Awareness Questionnaire (DDAQ)

In essence, the DDAQ  comprises 30 items asking about awareness of the definition of disability and different forms of disability discrimination under the Equality Act. 

Early DDAQ responses indicate a lack of awareness of aspects of the Equality Act with a median score of 18/30 (range 4-30). This is for participants of whom 81% work for the NHS,  80% have a reason to have sought such information and half have over 10 years professional experience.  Items with less than half of respondents being aware relate to exceptions to the standard definition of disability, link to medical diagnosis, indirect discrimination, reasonable adjustments  and health & safety risk, justifiable grounds for not implementing adjustments and victimisation / protected acts.  

Self ratings suggest an increase to a median of 8/10 in awareness as a result of DDAQ completion from a median retrospective prior rating of 6, even for a group of mainly NHS professionals, most of whom have had had a reason to seek related information.  Much   greater raising of awareness would be expected for those with less prior knowledge.    

It is important to read the Introduction to the DDAQ, which provides essential background information (including  authors, copyright, permissions and acknowledgements) before completing the DDAQ . (See downloads below).   

The link below will take you to the DDAQ on-line in Google Forms. Prior to completion you will be asked to provide your email address so that you can be emailed a copy of your completed form following submission.  The emails are for this purpose only and will be deleted regularly and not be retained on the spreadsheet.  For access see link below: 

https://forms.gle/18cWEzXpWQgfG6A39 

If the link does not work for any reason, if you email me I can email the DDAQ direct.  

The source references quoted in the DDAQ are included at the end of the questionnaire. 

Guidance source paragraphs for each individual DDAQ question are set out in a separate downloadable document -  (see downloads below).