Civil Rights - Disability Discrimination

Disability Discrimination has been an ongoing issue despite the laws against it. In 1992 the Disability Discrimination Act was passed. It prevented discrimination and harassment towards the disabled in workplaces, school, accommodation, receiving or using service and access to public places. In the Equality Act of 2010, it states that you cannot be discriminated or harassed because you having a disability, people think you have a disability and/or you are connected to someone with a disability. This act also states what is considered a disability. It is defined as a physical or mental condition that has long term impact on a persons ability to do normal daily activities. However if someone had a disability but could still do regular activities, they would still be under protection from the law as soon as they are diagnosed.  In a perfect world this should have protected the disabled from stupid people who think they are better than the disabled, but unfortunately that is not the case. Many disabled persons deal with multiple types of discrimination such as direct discrimination, indirect discrimination, failure to make reasonable adjustments, discrimination arising from disability, harassment and victimization. The most common form of direct discrimination is in the workplace when a disabled person is passed up for a job due to their disability. Indirect discrimination is a bit more complicated in the way that it is not considered discrimination if their is a good reason. For example, if the requirement for a job is to have a drivers license, it puts disabled people at a disadvantage but its a fair requirement. However if the job with this requirement is for a teacher then that is considered indirect discrimination versus if the requirement was for a bus driver. Reasonable adjustments is when a disabled employee needs a parking spot closer to the work building, but their boss refuses to adjust and keeps the close parking spot for senior employees. Discrimination arising from disability is when a disabled person is treated poorly due to something connected to a disability. For example, if a nursery refuses to accept a little boy because he is not potty trained due to a disability that is discrimination arising from a disability. Harassment is when people humiliate and degrade disabled people. Victimization is when someone is treated unfairly because they made a formal disability discrimination complaint. These are all the different types of problems that disabled people have to deal with on a daily basis and its very disappointing that people are so cruel to someone because they look different.

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