What is a Disability?
Under the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 a
disability may include:
- Specific Learning Difficulties
including dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, Attention Deficit
Disorder
- Mental Health difficulties(including
anxiety and depressive disorders, psychological and psychiatric
illness),
- Long term medical conditions such as
arthritis, epilepsy, diabetes, asthma, chronic fatigue
syndrome
- Autistic Spectrum
Disorders
- Sensory impairments
- Neurological conditions such as
Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy.
- Mobility difficulties
A person has a disability if he/she has a
physical or mental impairment which:
- Has a substantial effect on the
person
- Is long term and has lasted or is
expected to last 12 months or more
- Has an adverse effect on his/her
ability to carry out normal day to day
activities