Section 22 — Disability Discrimination Act 1992: Education

(1) It is unlawful for an educational authority to discriminate against a person on the ground of the person’s disability: (a) by refusing or failing to accept the person’s application for admission as a student; or (b) in the terms or conditions on which it is prepared to admit the person as a student. (2) It is unlawful for an educational authority to discriminate against a student on the ground of the student’s disability: (a) by denying the student access, or limiting the student’s access, to any benefit provided by the educational authority; or (b) by expelling the student; or (c) by subjecting the student to any other detriment. (2A) It is unlawful for an education provider to discriminate against a person on the ground of the person’s disability: (a) 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 (b) by accrediting curricula or training courses having such a content. (3) 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.