Discrimination
Definition: "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).
Category: uncategorised
Credit: Oxford Dictionaries (modified)
Source:
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/discrimination
Services mentioning Discrimination
A
helpline for people affected by
discrimination or human rights
abuses. It can advise on the
Equality Act 2010, and your options for resolving problems formally or informally. See website for full details.
The
helpline can answer questions on what it's like to have
nystagmus, on treatment and research, on
DLA, on education and employment, on driving and
discrimination, in fact anything you can think of related to nystagmus, whether congenital (early onset) or acquired (late onset). Or you can just phone for a chat with someone else who has nystagmus.
Library records mentioning Discrimination
The new section of the
Disability Discrimination Act (
DDA) dealing with the provision of information came into force in autumn 1999. With this in mind we carried out a survey of the existence of accessible information strategies in local authorities.
