"What you can do if you are treated unfairly" gives a very simple explanation of anti-discrimination law in NSW for people with intellectual disabilities.

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What you can do if you are treated unfairly
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In NSW there is a law that says people must be fair to you —

• when you go for a job
• at your work
• at your school, college or university
• in shops, banks, hospitals, hotels, clubs, coffee shops and offices
• when you rent a house, flat or room

• you have a learning difficulty
• you have a disability
• you are black or from a different country
• you are going to have a baby
• you are breastfeeding your baby
• you work and look after a family member
• you are old or young
• you are a man or boy
• you are a woman or a girl
• you are single or married or defacto
• you are gay or lesbian
• you are transgender
• (you are a man who has become a woman,
• or a woman who has become a man)
• you have HIV or AIDS