NSW Disability Discrimination Legal Centre

The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and Anti-Discrimination Act (ADA) use different definitions of disability.

Anti-Discrimination Act (ADA) (NSW 1977) defines a disability as:

• Total or partial loss of a person’s bodily or mental functions or of a part of a person’s body; or
• The presence in a persons body of organisms causing or capable of causing disease or illness; or
• The malfunction, malformation or disfigurement of a part of a person