Hi, my name is Mol!
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Hi @Mol welcome to the community
According to the gov website, "You’re disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities."
Citizens Advice says "Some conditions are automatically treated as a disability under the Equality Act. But if you don't have one of these conditions and you want to make a claim for disability discrimination, you will have to show the effect your condition has on your daily life to prove it's a disability.The Equality Act says a disability is a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day- to- day activities.
Normal day-to-day activities are those carried out by most people on a regular basis.
For example:
- walking or driving
- washing or getting dressed
- cooking or eating
- using public transport
- talking or hearing
- writing, typing or reading
- carrying or moving things
- being able to concentrate or understand
- being able to form social relationships.
To be considered a disability, your condition must have a substantial adverse effect on your daily life. This means it must have more than a minor effect. The condition doesn’t have to stop you from doing something completely, but it must make it more difficult. It may also be that you avoid doing certain things - for example, because they cause you a lot of pain or make you very tired.
Some conditions start out has having a minor effect on your daily life, but get worse over time. This kind of condition is called a progressive condition - for example, dementia and motor neurone disease. With conditions like this, it doesn't matter if it only has a minor effect now. It can still be treated as a disability as long as it's having some effect on your daily life now and it's likely to have a substantial effect in the future."
Do you think it would be possible to speak to your doctor so you had a clearer understanding of your illnesses?
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Thank you Mol for asking this question, and Sam for your very informative answer.
I am also confused about whether I am classed as disabled or not.
I was told that if you can do a full time permanent job, you are not classed as disabled. I understand this, but sometimes it gets confusing.
One doctor told me that I am perfectly normal until I move.
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Thanks for your reply Sam, I have spoken to one of your collegues and I have contacted DWP for a pip application form.
I am fed up with GP'S to be honest as I have been complaining about my conditions for years and they never seem to take it serious.
The one thing they love saying is take paracetamol which does not do anything,
I do have a few more conditions which I have not mentioned but all of them are life long.
Another example is I have been complaining about my thumbs for over 3 years and have been limited what I can do. I had physio and accupuncture but was told there was nothing wrong and discharged.
Now I have been to see a hand therapist and the first visit was a written assessment, the second visit she examined my hands and said straight away that I had trigger thumb in both hands the right hand worse than the left.
I don't mean to sound negative about our national health service as I do believe we have a good health service that is being pushed to its limits.
Cathy I would suggest you apply for disability at worse they can turn your claim down, You have nothing to lose.
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