P / Person with a disability
Person with a disability, Privacy Act and privacy principles
The Disability Services Act 1992 (Qld) defines a person with a disability as follows: 1) This Act applies to a person with a disability – (a) that is attributable to an intellectual, psychiatric, cognitive, neurological, sensory or physical impairment or a combination of impairments; and (b) that results in – (i) a substantial reduction of the person’s capacity for communication, social interaction, learning or mobility; and (ii) the person needing support. 2) The disability must be permanent or likely to be permanent. 3) The disability may be, or may not be, of a chronic episodic nature.