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D13. The examples of what it would, and what it would not, be reasonable to regard as substantial adverse effects on normal day-to-day activities are indicators and not tests. They do not mean that if a person can do an activity listed then he or she does not experience any substantial adverse effects: the person may be affected in relation to other activities, and this instead may indicate a substantial effect. Alternatively, the person may be affected in a minor way in a number of different activities, and the cumulative effect could amount to a substantial adverse effect. ( See also paragraphs B4 to B6 (cumulative effects).) B12. The Act provides that, where an impairment is subject to treatment or correction, the impairment is to be treated as having a substantial adverse effect if, but for the treatment or correction, the impairment is likely to have that effect. In this context, ‘likely’ should be interpreted as meaning ‘could well happen’. The practical effect of this provision

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World Health Organization, International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) external icon . Geneva: 2001, WHO. The effect need not be continuous and need not be substantial. ( See also paragraphs C5 to C8 on recurring or fluctuating effects). The person will still need to show that the impairment meets the long- term condition of the definition. ( Sch1, Para 2) Content notes: doctors and medical procedures, chronic pain, death including suicide, grief, evil beings This guidance concerns the definition of disability in the Act. Section 6(5) of the Act enables a Minister of the Crown to issue guidance about matters to be taken into account in determining whether a person is a disabled person. The guidance gives illustrative examples. Your impairment is usually considered a disability under the Equality Act if it makes it harder for you to do everyday activities. Everyday activities can be anything you generally need to do regularly to live well, for example washing, communicating or using transport.A4. Whether a person is disabled for the purposes of the Act is generally determined by reference to the effect that an impairment has on that person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. An exception to this is a person with severe disfigurement ( see paragraph B24). It is not possible to provide an exhaustive list of conditions that qualify as impairments for the purposes of the Act. Any attempt to do so would inevitably become out of date as medical knowledge advanced.

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The Equality Act’s definition of disability is quite wide so you might be considered disabled under the Equality Act even if you don’t see yourself as disabled - for example if you’re autistic or if you have ADHD or a long-term injury.Whether a person satisfies the definition of a disabled person for the purposes of the Act will depend upon the full circumstances of the case. That is, whether the substantial adverse effect of the impairment on normal day- to-day activities is long term:

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the condition known as seasonal allergic rhinitis (for example, hayfever), except where it aggravates the effect of another condition

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The Disability Visibility Project ( DVP) is an online community dedicated to creating, recording, sharing, and amplifying disability media, stories, and culture. [1] DVP is a community partnership with StoryCorps, an American oral history organization dedicated to preserving and sharing stories through interviews. [2] Interviews recorded with StoryCorps are archived at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress with the permission of the interviewer. [3] [4] The DVP platform consists mainly of blog posts and podcast episodes, but also creates disabled media from collected oral histories in the form of tweets, radio stories, audio clips, images, etc. [5] [6] History [ edit ] difficulty going out of doors unaccompanied, for example, because the person has a phobia, a physical restriction, or a learning disability A person has mild learning disability. This means that his assimilation of information is slightly slower than that of somebody without the impairment. He also has a mild speech impairment that slightly affects his ability to form certain words. Neither impairment on its own has a substantial adverse effect, but the effects of the impairments taken together have a substantial adverse effect on his ability to converse. Effects of behaviour Roughly15 percent of peoplearound the world have a disability, and yet their stories are often never told. Alice Wong’s anthology, Disability Visibility,brings their narratives front and center with the goal of showcasing the wide range of modern disability experiences. . . . Ultra-impressive.” —Shondaland, "10 Books Set to Become the New Feminist Classics" If you're expected to live for less than a year, the effect of your impairment must be likely to last for the rest of your life.

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An impairment can be any physical or mental health condition. You can also have an impairment if there are any physical or mental abilities that you struggle with more compared to most people. For example, an impairment could be difficulty focusing, communicating, sleeping or hearing. D4. The term ‘normal day-to-day activities’ is not intended to include activities which are normal only for a particular person, or a small group of people. In deciding whether an activity is a normal day-to- day activity, account should be taken of how far it is carried out by people on a daily or frequent basis. In this context, ‘normal’ should be given its ordinary, everyday meaning.These essays are the heart, the bones, and the blood of Disability Rights.” —Gaelynn Lea, musician and activist persistent difficulty in recognising, or remembering the names of, familiar people such as family or friends B18. Progressive conditions, which are conditions that have effects which increase in severity over time, are subject to the special provisions set out in Sch1, Para 8. These provisions provide that a person with a progressive condition is to be regarded as having an impairment Diverse and poignant. . . .I was deeply moved by more pieces than I could name.” —Shir Kehila, Columbia Journal