Disability

Question 1

Disability

Answer 1

A person will be disabled if they have a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long term adverse affect on their ability to carry out normal day to day activities, which would include things like using a telephone or going on public transport

Question 2

Discrimination

Answer 2

Treating someone differently especially because of feelings or prejudices about their sex, race, religion, disability etc.

Question 3

Ethnocentrism

Answer 3

The making of judgements about the behaviour and cultures of others based upon your own culture as the norm; viewing others through the eyes of your own culture

Question 4

Gender Reassignment

Answer 4

A person will be deemed to have the protected characteristic of gender reassignment if they are proposing to undergo, is undergoing or has undergone a process (or part of the process) for the purpose of reassigning that person’s sex by changing physiological or other attributes of sex

Question 5

Passive Discrimination

Answer 5

Where a person witnesses discrimatory behaviour taking place and disagrees with it but does not challenge it

Question 6

Pro-behaviour

Answer 6

Where a member of a minority group accepts discrimination without challenge or turns a blind eye to it or laughs at a discriminatory joke

Question 7

Racial group

Answer 7

Is defined by reference to race, colour, nationaliy, ethnic origin or national origin

Question 8

Racist incident

Answer 8

Is any incident perceived to be racist by the victim or any other person

Question 9

Sexual Harassment

Answer 9

Unwanted conduct of a sexual nature or other conduct based on sex which affects the dignity of women and men at work

Question 10

Victimisation

Answer 10

Where a person is treated less favourably because of a complaint they have made based on a belief that they have been subjected to a discriminatory practice or another person supporting someone exercising their rights receiving less favourable treatment as a result