Submitted on Monday 9th November 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 17th November 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Reinstate the Disability Discrimination Act
Whilst the Equality Act does cover disability discrimination, it's lack of seperation from other protected characteristics means the exceptional laws for disabled people are easily misunderstood or ignored. Disabled people would benefit from having seperate protective legislation.
The Equality Act 2010 as it relates to disabled people is not fit for purpose. There are societal barriers for disabled people that people with other protected characteristics will never face and there are legal protections against discrimination that are exceptional to disabled people.
Until disability is seperated from the Equality Act, this lack of clarity will perpetuate the misunderstanding of what it means to give equal opportunity to a disabled person.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
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