Extending disability rights?
In the UK, the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) already addresses issues such as access to education and to some extent the provision of services, but is less specific and perhaps as a consequence less powerful than US legislation.

Next year, the introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act's final duties on service providers to make reasonable adjustments for disabled customers come into force, although these relate mainly to physical premises, and it's uncertain whether the DDA could be enforced against service providers - there is as yet no case law in the UK.

Last week, the UK government announced plans to produce a draft disability Bill later this year. "Among new measures we intend to include in the draft Bill are changes to the Disability Discrimination Act affecting the public sector, transport and premises and some widening of the definition of disability." Once again, it's unclear how service providers will be affected. Stay tuned.