Disability Discrimination
Act Amended
Amendments to the Disability Discrimination
Act (DDA) on 5 December 2005 gave people with
serious health conditions new legal rights not to be treated
unfairly. People diagnosed with cancer, HIV and multiple
sclerosis will be protected for the first time under the Act.
This means that employers and organisations providing services to
the public will not be able to discriminate against people with
these conditions.
The Act also ends the requirement that a
mental illness must be "clinically well recognised" before it can
be regarded as an impairment under the DDA.
Additionally, the Act brings in other changes
that include: the extension of the Act to private clubs with 25 or
more members; sanctions for publishers of discriminatory adverts; a
simple process for people who think they have been discriminated
against when using services; and a new protection for local
authority councillors.
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