The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person, in many areas of public life, including employment, education, getting or using services, renting or buying a house or unit, and accessing public places, because of their disability.
Disability discrimination occurs when a person is treated less favourably, or not given the same opportunities as others in a similar situation because of their disability.
The major objectives of the Act include:
- eliminate discrimination against people with disabilities
- promote community acceptance of the principle that people with disabilities have the same fundamental rights as all members of the community
- ensure as far as practicable that people with disabilities have the same rights to equality before the law as other people in the community.
- Topics:
- Discrimination, Human Rights
- Author:
- Department of the Attorney-General's
- Source:
- Government of Australia
- Date published:
- Thu 9th Apr, 2015