In a message dated 05/01/2010 20:55:37 GMT Standard Time,
[hidden email] writes:
It's my understanding that if you can work, from home or anywhere, you are
not a candidate for disability. You really have to be unable to work.
Estelle
Puk replies -
_Definition of 'disability' : Directgov - Disabled people_
(
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/RightsAndObligations/DisabilityRights/DG_4001069)
Definition of 'disability' under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) defines a disabled person as
someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and
long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day
activities.
The definition
For the purposes of the Act:
* substantial means neither minor nor trivial
* long term means that the effect of the impairment has lasted or is
likely to last for at least 12 months (there are special rules covering
recurring or fluctuating conditions)
* normal day-to-day activities include everyday things like eating,
washing, walking and going shopping
* a normal day-to-day activity must affect one of the 'capacities'
listed in the Act which include mobility, manual dexterity, speech, hearing,
seeing and memory
Some conditions, such as a tendency to set fires and hay fever, are
specifically excluded.
People who have had a disability in the past that meets this definition are
also covered by the scope of the Act. There are additional provisions
relating to people with progressive conditions.
The DDA 2005 amended the definition of disability. It ensured that people
with HIV, cancer and multiple sclerosis are deemed to be covered by the DDA
effectively from the point of diagnosis, rather than from the point when
the condition has some adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal
day-to-day activities.
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