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The Disability Rights Commission
The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) closed on 28 September 2007. Its responsibility for helping secure civil rights for disabled people has transferred to the new Equality and Human Rights Commission which opened for business in 1 October 2007.
The Disability Rights Commission website
Information about the former DRC and what it did can be accessed via its archived website, which is still available though no longer updated. It includes:
- information about the former DRC's role, functions and powers
- DRC publications
- information about the Disability Discrimination Act and the cases taken by the Commission under the Act
- links to other relevant organisations
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