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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2003) 9: 397-404
© 2003 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995: implications for psychiatrists

Liz Sayce and Jed Boardman

Liz Sayce is Director of Policy and Communications for the Disability Rights Commission (222 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8LH, UK). Previous posts include Policy Director of Mind (National Association for Mental Health). She was a member of the Government’s Disability Rights Task Force 1997–1999. Her research and policy interests include disability rights and mental health and disabled people’s opportunities in employment, education and health services. Jed Boardman is a consultant psychiatrist with the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and a senior lecturer in social psychiatry in the Health Services Research Department at the Institute of Psychiatry, London. His clinical interest is the development of community-based services for delivery of psychiatric care, and his research interests include health services research, epidemiology and psychiatric disorders in primary care. He was Chairman of the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Working Group on Employment Opportunities for People with Psychiatric Disabilities.

The Disability Discrimination Act, passed by Parliament in 1995, is an important piece of legislation with the potential to protect the employment rights of people with disabilities. It covers people with physical or mental impairments that have a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. The Act has sections regarding protection from discrimination in employment, in the provision of goods, services and facilities, and in education. These parts of the Act have implications for people working in mental health services when they are considering employment and educational opportunities for service users.




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Disability rights and mental health in the UK: recent developments of the Disability Discrimination Act
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