Teckning av Marie Schimatovich, Europeiska handikappåret 2003. ###>Drawing by Marie Schimatovich, European Year of People with Disabilities 2003 direct discrimination is where a person is treated less favourably than another is, has been or would be in a comparable situation on the grounds of disability;indirect discrimination is where an apparently neutral provision, criterion or practice would put persons having a particular disability at a disadvantage compared to other persons.