Publications and reports
Publications in this area are frequently updated online in the Disability Rights section. The links below indicate a small selection of the resources available. Publications can also be ordered in hard copy via the Commission's main publications page which also provides a listing of Commission publications across all areas of our work.
Guides to rights and responsibilities
- Know your rights: Disability discrimination
- A Brief Guide to the Disability Discrimination Act
- Advisory Notes on Access to Premises
- Guidelines on access to buildings and services
- "Missed business" access guide
- Employment and the Disability Discrimination Act
- Advisory Note on Insurance and the DDA
- Advisory Note on Public Transport
- Advisory Note on World Wide Web accessibility
- Guidelines on applications for temporary exemption under the Disability Discrimination Act
Inquiry reports
- Employment and Disability Inquiry
Report and other materials from National Inquiry on Employment and Disability (February 2006) - Not for Service
Report of the Commission/Mental Health Council/Brain and Mind Institute consultations on mental health and human rights (October 2005) - Wheelchair accessible taxi inquiry (October 2001)
- Building bridges over the digital divide
Follow up report on progress since e-commerce report. Released November 2001. - E-commerce inquiry
Report of an inquiry on accessibility for people with a disability and older Australians of electronic commerce and other new service and information technologies: released June 2000
- Sterilisation of girls and young women in Australia: issues and progress
2001 follow up report commissioned by Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Disability Discrimination Commissioner. - Sterilisation of girls and young women in Australia
December 1997 report commissioned by Disability Discrimination Commissioner - Mental illness inquiry (1993)
Project updates
- Disability Rights Update newsletter
- Don't judge what I can do by what you think I can't: Ten years of achievements using Australia's Disability Discrimination Act
- Foundations: Reflections on the first five years of the DDA in Australia
