Mechanisms+for+Achieving+Justice+for+Disabled+People+in+Australia

= = =**__Types of problems legislation attempts to address__**=

__Disabilities Services Act 1993__
In Australia, the Disability Services Act 1993 was drafted in order to address the problems of the disabled, which include: the employment of the disabled, the provision of goods and services and the discrimination of the disabled in education.

__Employment of the Disabled__
Whilst the Act is supposed to safeguard the disabled from discrimination in employment, there are some occasions where the employer has an "unjustifiable hardship" placed on him or herself in having to comply with the Act or when the requirements of the occupation means that the disabled person is not able to perform their duties and tasks mandated by the job.

__Provision of Goods and Services__
It is illegal to discriminate against the disabled in the provision of goods and services. This sort of discrimination may be direct but more generally it falls under indirect discrimination. Indirect discrimination can occur when the requirements for the purchase of the good or service is such that it is difficult for the disabled person to meet these requirements.

__Education for the Disabled__
Although anti-discrimination laws cover government institutions, private schools and institutions these facilities are only required to comply with the Federal "Sex Discrimination Act 1975", the "Disablitiy Discrimination Act 1992" and the race and age discrimination provisions and the sexual harrasment provisions of the NS "Anti-Discrimination Act 1977".

__Program of Appliances to Disabled People__
Due to their disability, the disabled can often find it difficult to live a normal life and to go on with life without some form of assistance. In order to help ensure that the disabled got a sufficient amount of aid and assistance, via equipment or other means the Program of Appliances to Disabled People was created so that it would be easier for the disabled to be provided with the necessary equipment, aids and appliances in order to help better cope with their respective disabilities.

=**__How community attitudes towards people with a disability influence law makers and law enforcers__**=

The mentally and intellectually disabled, often lack full legal capacity, which is the ability of a person to make their own legal decisions. Therefore, the legal system may provide their treatment, control and care in certain circumstances The disabled often suffer from erroneous perceptions and attitudes towards them in Australia. Simply due to the fact that they are disabled, the general public often makes generalisations and assumptions of them, such as the assumption that they often cannot take care of themselves. Furthermore, as it is not a popular political issue in Australia, few politicians campaign for better conditions for the disabled and as a result, there has been an insufficient allocation of resources towards the care of the disabled.