Disability Discrimination Act 1995
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- Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- Purpose
- Disabled people are another vulnerable group of people who require protecting of their rights and support.
- The act was passed to end
long-standing discrimination against disabled people in:
- Employment
- Access to goods, facilities and services
- The management, buying or renting of land or property
- Education
- Changes made
- The Act introduced new rights to reduce unfair discrimination on the grounds of disability. In particular, the act made it unlawful for a provider of services to treat disabled people less favourably than others
- Since
1999, service providers have had to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ for disabled
people in order for them to access these services easily and independently.
- These provisions included adjusting premises to overcome physical barriers to access, installing disabled toilets with suitable aids, road crossings etc.
- Care organisations and practitioners working with disabled people now have to ensure that they work in ways that respect the rights of all disabled people.
- Equality Act 2010
- in 2010 the Disability Act was repealed and replaced with the Equality Act 2010. The act made direct and indirect discrimination, as a whole, illegal.
- While this is direct action it is not specifically aimed at this vulnerable group and does not strive to ensure the disabled population are treated fairly.
- Purpose
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