1. Descrimination based on abilities

2. DASA and mental or physical abilities
*The Dignity Act also amended Section 801-a of New York State Education Law regarding instruction in civility, citizenship, and character education by expanding the concepts of tolerance, respect for others and dignity to include: an awareness and sensitivity in the relations of people, including but not limited to, different races, weights, national origins, ethnic groups, religions, religious practices, mental or physical abilities, sexual orientations, gender identity, and sexes.

4. Disability discrimination
Disability discrimination is when a person with a disability is treated less favorably than a person without the disability in the same or similar circumstances.
Direct discrimination occurs when a person is treated unfavorably because they have an attribute (such as age or disability) covered by law.
For example, it would be 'direct disability discrimination' if a restaurant refused a person entry because they are blind and have a guide dog.
Indirect discrimination occurs when everyone is treated in exactly the same way, even though this unreasonably disadvantages someone because they have an attribute covered by law.

5. Discrimination can occur because individuals have low expectations of people with disability and don’t give them opportunities to achieve.
However expectations can improve if an enabling approach and language are used, which focus on what people can do. For example, a person with disability 'uses a wheelchair for mobility' instead of being 'confined to a wheelchair'.

6. Discrimination is also less likely if people recognize that their own responses to students with disability can be as limiting as the disability itself: refusing to allow a student to go on a camping trip because they have a disability restricts the student’s learning opportunities and is discrimination.

7. In all cases, a person with disability has the right to be respected for their human worth and dignity, and to live without experiencing discrimination based on disability, regardless of the degree and nature of their disability.
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