Minister unveils new disability unit

Stream: Minister unveils new disability unit
Surely - while the disability discrimination act remains so poorly drafted and so completely full of opt-outs for those who don't want to make provision for disabled people - any new units will be toothless and serve only to pay lip service to the disabled electorate while papering over the cracks of continual discrimination against people with disabilities.

That tje government is urging the private sector to take the lead on disability issues is just a further attempt to marginalise the need for meaningful government action.

Private sector businesses are - in many cases - the very people seeking to avoid the perceived extra expense, time and trouble involved in providing access to premises, goods and services.

The reality is that the only way to ensure a better lot for disabled people is the appointment of a regulator with teeth to impose disability legislation rather than leaving the job to disabled charities and individuals to involve themselves in costly litigation (not helped by successive governments virtually destroying the legal aid system in favour of the hideous no-win/no-fee merchants who continually fail to point out the "no fee if you lose" does not exclude you from liability for your opponents costs!).