The Federal Disability Equality Act was introduced in 2006 together with a series of amendments to disability-related laws. Its foremost aim is to ban discrimination in everyday life. The Act applies to federal authorities and to the access to goods and services available to the public under federal competence. It defines measures against discrimination and establishes the duty of reasonable accommodation for individuals in services, in the access to goods and services, as well as public spaces and infrastructures. It puts forth a highly interesting approach as regards the achievement of an accessible built environment, which, in its original version, is favoured by the European Disability Forum as a model for the European Accessibility Act (announced for 2012).
Internet: www.non-discrimination.net // www.oear.or.at
