DARU Update

You may also experience disability discrimination even if you don’t have a disability. Personal association This happens if you are a personal associate of a person with a disability and…

Victimisation is a very serious form of discrimination because it is an offence, that is, it can result in a prison sentence. Victimisation most commonly occurs when, instead of helping…

Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, the Commonwealth Parliament may pass standards of minimum compliance with the law for: public transport education access to premises. The Disability Standards set out…

Many people with disability rely on mobility and assistive devices for access to a range of facilities or services, including shops, education facilities or workplaces. Mobility equipment include a wheelchair,…

If you feel abused, have been subjected to rude and embarrassing treatment or to any considerable detriment because of your disability, that form of discrimination is called harassment. You need…

It is not legal for anyone to ask questions that may be used to discriminate against you on the basis of your disability. Generally, people do not have to talk…

Direct discrimination occurs when you complain that the discriminator treats you differently, in a way that causes you a disadvantage. For example, you and a person without a disability have…

This occurs when there is an unreasonable rule or policy that is the same for everyone but has an unfair effect on people who have a particular attribute. For example:…

This occurs when: Someone treats you less favourably (or proposes to) than they would treat someone else, in similar circumstances, who does not have a disability. Your request for reasonable…

You may have experienced unlawful discrimination in the following ways: direct discrimination because of your disability indirect discrimination because of your disability being asked discriminatory questions harassment because of your…

Disability discrimination means that someone treats you unfairly or less favourably because of your disability. Discrimination may not always be unlawful – there are exemptions, such as some court rulings…

There are many kinds of disabilities. The meaning of disability is not limited to what a doctor or Centrelink may say. Discrimination law gives a very broad definition of disability….