Legal
Disabiltiy Discrimination Act 1995
The act was introduced in 1995 with the final part coming into place in October 2005. It is a complex act covering many areas which are listed below.
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 aims to end the discrimination that many disabled people face. This Act gives disabled people rights in the areas of:
- employment
- education
- access to goods, facilities and services
- buying or renting land or property
The Act also allows the government to set minimum standards so that disabled people can use public transport easily.
In some respects the act can seem intimidating due to such aspects as cost and knoweledge.
In April 2005 a new Disability Discrimination Act was passed by Parliament, which amends or extends existing provisions in the DDA 1995, including:
- making it unlawful for operators of transport vehicles to discriminate against disabled people
- making it easier for disabled people to rent property and for tenants to make disability-related adaptations
- making sure that private clubs with 25 or more members cannot keep disabled people out, just because they have a disability
- extending protection to cover people who have HIV, cancer and multiple sclerosis from the moment they are diagnosed
- ensuring that discrimination law covers all the activities of the public sector
- requiring public bodies to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people.
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