H&S for Disabled People and their Employers

[brothermagrew]

What counts as a disability in law?

Disability is not always obvious. The Disability Discrimination Act
1995 (DDA) defines a person as disabled if they have a physical or
mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse
effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

• ‘Normal day-to-day’ means things that people do on a regular
or daily basis, such as reading, writing, using the telephone,
having a conversation and travelling by public transport.

• ‘Long-term’ usually means the impairment should have lasted
or be expected to last at least a year.

• ‘Substantial’ means not minor or trivial.

The key thing is not the impairment but its effect. Some people
don’t realise that impairments such as migraines, dyslexia, asthma
and back pain can count as a disability if the adverse effect on the
individual is substantial and long-term. Some conditions
automatically count as disabilities for the purposes of DDA, from
the point at which the individual first has them – these are cancer,
HIV and multiple sclerosis (MS).

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[JELLYBABES]

HI I HAD A ACCIDENT AT WORK LAST MAY ONTHE PREMISES, I HURT MY TOP BAK AND ARMS AND LEG
BEEN TO HOSPITAL FOR TESTS OVER THE 12 MONTH JUST FOUND OUT THAT 3 DISCS ARE DAMAGED TOP OF SPINE CRACKED NOW WEARING AWAY SPINE DOSNOT CURVE GONE STRAIGHT, MANAGERS IGNORED ME AND MY DOCTOR,
OHS PHONED ME TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG, THEN TOLD ME MY MANAGERS ARE TRYING TO GET RID AND WWANT TO
KNOW WHY IF NOT,
3 MEN IN OFFICE ON LIGHT DUTIES ONE AS BEEN FOR 9 MONTHS AND ONLY JUST SPOKE TO OHS ON THE 16 JUNE THIS WEEK TORN MUSCLE ANOTHER WITH SLIPPED DISC, AM I COVERED BY DDSA ALSO HAVE ASHMA WHICH THEY KNOW ABOUT,

[brothermagrew]

HI I HAD A ACCIDENT AT WORK LAST MAY ONTHE PREMISES, I HURT MY TOP BAK AND ARMS AND LEG
BEEN TO HOSPITAL FOR TESTS OVER THE 12 MONTH JUST FOUND OUT THAT 3 DISCS ARE DAMAGED TOP OF SPINE CRACKED NOW WEARING AWAY SPINE DOSNOT CURVE GONE STRAIGHT, MANAGERS IGNORED ME AND MY DOCTOR,
OHS PHONED ME TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG, THEN TOLD ME MY MANAGERS ARE TRYING TO GET RID AND WWANT TO
KNOW WHY IF NOT,
3 MEN IN OFFICE ON LIGHT DUTIES ONE AS BEEN FOR 9 MONTHS AND ONLY JUST SPOKE TO OHS ON THE 16 JUNE THIS WEEK TORN MUSCLE ANOTHER WITH SLIPPED DISC, AM I COVERED BY DDSA ALSO HAVE ASHMA WHICH THEY KNOW ABOUT,

Jellybabes suggest that you click on the link and read pages 21 & 22 they may be able to provide you with an answer to your query.

[General Mannerheim]

Just wanted to thank you brother for putting this on here.
Pg16 and 17 made interesting reading for me.
Cheers!