What are the main points of the 'Disability Discrimination Act'?

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Also what are the Employers responsibilities and the Employees responsibilities?

Answer 1

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA 1995)
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.

The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (DDA 2005)
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
Some of the new laws - including the increased protection for people who have HIV, cancer and multiple sclerosis - came into force in December 2005. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) website has more about the December 2005 changes.

Others changes will come into force in December 2006 - the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) website has more details on these.

The DRC was set up by the government to help secure civil rights for disabled people and produces guidance and further information on which aspects of life are covered by anti-discrimination law for disabled people.

Changes to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA 1995) in October 2004
service providers include shops, restaurants, leisure centres and places of worship
The development of legislation to improve the rights of disabled people is an ongoing process. From 1 October 2004, Part 3 of the DDA 1995 has required businesses and other organisations to take reasonable steps to tackle physical features that act as a barrier to disabled people who want to access their services.

This may mean to remove, alter or provide a reasonable means of avoiding physical features of a building which make access impossible or unreasonably difficult for disabled people. Examples include:

putting in a ramp to replace steps
providing larger, well defined signs for people with a visual impairment
improving access to toilet or washing facilities
Businesses and organisations are called 'service providers' and include shops, restaurants, leisure centres and places of worship.

Answer 2

Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Key Points

Answer 3

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