Legislation
Equal Opportunity Act 1984, administered by the Western Australia Equal Opportunity Commission.
"impairment" in relation to a person, means one or more of the following conditions:
(a) any defect or disturbance in the normal structure or functioning of a person's body;
(b) any defect or disturbance in the normal structure or functioning of a person's brain; or
(c) any illness or condition which impairs a person's thought processes, perception of reality, emotions or judgment or which results in disturbed behaviour, whether arising from a condition subsisting at birth or from an illness or injury and includes an impairment -
(d) which presently exists or existed in the past but has now ceased to exist; or
(e) which is imputed to the person.
Advocacy and Support Groups
DSF Literacy and Clinical Serives
10 Broome Street
South Perth 6151
Phone: (08) 9217 2500 Fax: (08) 9217 2599
Email: support@dsf.net.au
Website: www.dsf.net.au
LADS
(Learning and Attentional Disorders Society)
Suite B, 11 Aberdare St
NEDLANDS WA 6009
Phone: (08) 9346 7544
Email: lads@cnswa.com
Website: www.ladswa.com.au