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The Disability Equality Duty
The Disability Equality Duty affects all sectors of education and comes into force on the 4th December 2006.
The Duty aims to encourage institutions to:
- have due regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity between disabled persons and other persons
- eliminate discrimination that is unlawful under the Act
- eliminate harassment of disabled persons that is related to their disabilities
- promote positive attitudes towards disabled persons
- encourage participation by disabled persons in public life; and take steps to take account of disabled persons’ disabilities, even where that involves treating disabled persons more favourably than other persons.