Disability Discrimination Act 1992

It is unlawful for an educational authority to discriminate against a person on the ground of the person’s disability:

by refusing or failing to accept the person’s application for admission as a student; or

in the terms or conditions on which it is prepared to admit the person as a student.

It is unlawful for an educational authority to discriminate against a student on the ground of the student’s disability:

by denying the student access, or limiting the student’s access, to any benefit provided by the educational authority; or

by expelling the student; or

by subjecting the student to any other detriment.

It is unlawful for an education provider to discriminate against a person on the ground of the person’s disability:

by developing curricula or training courses having a content that will either exclude the person from participation, or subject the person to any other detriment; or

by accrediting curricula or training courses having such a content.

This section does not render it unlawful to discriminate against a person on the ground of the person’s disability in respect of admission to an educational institution established wholly or primarily for students who have a particular disability where the person does not have that particular disability.