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Anti-Discrimination New South Wales (ADNSW)

ADNSW is an organisation that helps stop discrimination in NSW.

Montage of five images. The first is a man in a wheelchair outside a building, the second is s man and a woman with a thought bubble that has a disability icon in it and another person in front of them who looks sad, the third is a person with a hand on their chest and the disability icon, and a stack of calendar icons with an arrow curving to the left, the fourth is a person raising their hand and the disability icon, and a stack of calendar icons with an arrow curving to the right, the fifth is two people shaking hands.

Disability discrimination

Disability discrimination is when you’re treated badly because:

  • you have a disability
  • people think you have a disability
  • you used to have a disability
  • you might have a disability in the future
  • you know a person with disability.

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Discrimination

Discrimination is when you treat someone badly because of something about them they can’t change.

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Sensory disability

A sensory disability affects your senses, like your:

  • sight
  • he


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13 Dec 2021

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