Submitted on Thursday 2nd March 2023
Rejected on Monday 6th March 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Protect the rights of Autistic and other Neurodivergent people
I want Government/Parliament to add Neurocognition to the list of protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010.
This is an important first step in recognising and protecting Neurodivergent people.
The Equality act legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and wider society, such as sex, race and disability.
However many neurodivergent people feel they are different not disabled, and are therefore not protected.
In the same way the Equality Act 2010 not only protects sex, but sexual preference and gender reassignment, it's important to protect neurodivergent people and will encourage more neurotypical people to learn about neurodiversity, ADHD, Autism, PDA, etc.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/633587
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