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Discrimination

Disability Discrimination Ordinance Code of Practice on
Education

The Code helps providers of education services to understand
what may or may not constitute an unlawful act under the
Disability Discrimination Ordinance (“DDO”) and students and
parents to better understand their rights and obligations under
the law. The Code also gives practical guidelines on how to
comply with legal requirements.

Disability

This provides for the lawful and fair collection of personal data
and sets out the information a data user must give to a data
subject when collecting personal data from that subject.
● total or partial loss of the person’s bodily or mental
functions;

● total or partial loss of a part of the person’s body;
● the presence in the body of organisms causing disease or
illness;

● the presence in the body of organisms capable of causing
disease or illness;

● the malfunction, malformation or disfigurement of a part of
the person’s body;

● a disorder or malfunction that results in the person learning
differently from a person without the disorder or
malfunction; or

● a disorder, illness or disease that affects a person’s thought
processes, perception of reality, emotions or judgment or
that results in disturbed behaviour.

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