The Disability Discrimination Act

What do we mean by “Disability” The Act defines a disabled person as someone with "a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities."

When and Why it was introduced The Disabilities Discrimination act was introduced on the 2nd December 1996 by the Government. It was introduced to prevent people with disabilities from being discriminated against in employment or education.

How they enforce this Act Under the law, discrimination takes place when;  a disabled person is treated less favourably than someone else.  The treatment is for a reason related to the persons disability and  the treatment can’t be justified or:  there is a failure to make a responsible adjustment for a

Adjustments that can be made by employers • Transferring minor duties that are not an essential part of the job to another person if they are difficult for the person with disabilities to perform. • Finding suitable alternative employment within the organisation for a worker who develops a disability • moving a work station to a more accessible location • providing additional training, for instance for someone, who is visually impaired to use speech recognition software on a