In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, a number of countries have passed laws aimed at reducing discrimination against people with disabilities. These laws have begun to appear as the notion of

civil rights Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and political life o ...

has become more influential globally, and follow other forms of anti-discrimination and

equal opportunity Equal opportunity is a state of fairness in which individuals are treated similarly, unhampered by artificial barriers, prejudices, or preferences, except when particular distinctions can be explicitly justified. The intent is that the important ...

legislation aimed at preventing

racial discrimination Racial discrimination is any discrimination against any individual on the basis of their skin color, race or ethnic origin.Individuals can discriminate by refusing to do business with, socialize with, or share resources with people of a certain g ...

and

sexism Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on one's sex or gender. Sexism can affect anyone, but it primarily affects women and girls.There is a clear and broad consensus among academic scholars in multiple fields that sexism refers pri ...

which began to emerge in the second half of the 20th century. Many of these Acts aim to reduce barriers for persons with disabilities in the areas of customer service, employment, built environment, transportation, and information and communications.

List of disability discrimination acts

*Australia:

Disability Discrimination Act 1992 The ''Disability Discrimination Act 1992'' (Cth) is an Act passed by the Parliament of Australia in which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, education, publicly available premises, provision of goods and se ...

* Cambodia: Law on the Protection and the Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities * Canada: Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2002), The Accessibility for Manitobans Act (2013) * Ghana: Persons with Disability Act, 2006 * Hong Kong : Disability Discrimination Ordinance 1995 (see Disability Discrimination Act 1995 below) * Jamaica: Disabilities Act, 2014 * Nigeria: Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018 * Pakistan: National Policy for Persons with Disabilities 2002 * South Africa:

Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000 The Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000 (PEPUDA or the Equality Act, Act No. 4 of 2000) is a comprehensive South African anti-discrimination law. It prohibits unfair discrimination by the government and by priv ...

* United Kingdom:

Equality Act 2010 The Equality Act 2010 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom passed during the Brown ministry with the primary purpose of consolidating, updating and supplementing the numerous prior Acts and Regulations, that formed the basis of anti-d ...

(prior to October 2010 the relevant legislation was the

Disability Discrimination Act 1995 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 ...

as amended) * United States of America:

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA () is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, ...

* South Korea: Prohibition of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities, 2008

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Disability Discrimination Act Disability legislation Anti-discrimination legislation

List of disability discrimination acts

See also

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