Glossary Browser for Disability
About Disability and disabling barriers
The
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c 50) (informally, and hereafter, the
DDA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which has now been repealed and replaced by the
Equality Act 2010, except in Northern Ireland where the Act still applies. Formerly, it made it unlawful to discriminate against people in respect of their disabilities in relation to employment, the provision of
goods and services, education and
transport.
"The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex." This includes on the grounds of
disability (see
discrimination-act-dda">Disability Discrimination Act - DDA).
The primary purpose of the Act is to codify the complicated and numerous array of Acts and Regulations, which formed the basis of anti-
discrimination law in Great Britain. (See Discrimination,
Disability Discrimination Act)
The
social model of
disability identifies systemic barriers, negative attitudes and exclusion by society (purposely or inadvertently) that mean society is the main contributory factor in disabling people.
