The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) aims to end the discrimination which many disabled people face. This Act gives disabled people rights in the areas of:

• employment

• access to goods, facilities and services

• buying or renting land or property.

The employment rights and first rights of access came into force on 2 December, 1996; further rights of access came into force on 1 October, 1999; and the final rights of access came into force in October 2004.

Read the full details on the Disability Discrimination Act 1995

• JILT:Web Accessibility and the DDA

• Disability Discrimination Act : UK DDA Part iii update