Disability is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and your school can't legally discriminate against people with this characteristic.
As part of this, your school must make ‘reasonable adjustments’ to minimise disadvantages to pupils, staff and parents/carers with disabilities. If an adjustment is reasonable, your school must make it.
It's important to consider the adjustments you make and your school's procedures to make sure all stakeholders feel comfortable to participate in the school community. So although there are laws surrounding this, it's best practice to evaluate how inclusive your school is overall and make adjustments where you can.
If you have a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) link governor, they can find out more about their role here. You can also monitor how your school is developing a culture of inclusion and safety using this article.
Definition of disability
Regulation 6 of the Equality Act 2010 says a person has a disability if: