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What is the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)?

These pages are about the Disability Discrimination Act in Northern Ireland. If you are looking for information about disability discrimination in England, Scotland and Wales, please see The Equality Act. 

If you are looking for information about disability discrimination in another country, please contact your local epilepsy organisation. 

The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) is a law in Northern Ireland first passed in 1995. The aim of the law is to reduce discrimination against disabled people. It means that disabled people should not be treated less well than non-disabled people.

This information has been produced under the terms of The Information Standard.

  • Updated November 2010
    To be reviewed November 2012

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