However, he would be protected in relation to any discrimination that he experiences in relation to the non-excluded effects of his condition, such as inability to concentrate. For example, he would be entitled to any reasonable adjustments that are required as a consequence of those effects. Asian American Alice Wong Forefronts the Magic Within the Disability Community in ‘Disability Visibility,’” Giannina Ong, August 30, 2020, Mochi Magazine. Share the Journey with Jeneva: Staying Visible with Alice Wong,” Jeneva Stone, August 27, 2020, Little Lobbyists. New Works by Writers with Disabilities Hit Publisher Lists,” Alex Green, April 3, 2020, Publisher’s Weekly. Contributors

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Related to conditions that are present at birth and may affect functions later in life, including cognition (memory, learning, and understanding), mobility (moving around in the environment), vision, hearing, behavior, and other areas. These conditions may be B19. A person who has a progressive condition, will be treated as having an impairment which has a substantial adverse effect from the moment any impairment resulting from that condition first has some adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities, provided that in the future the adverse effect is likely to become substantial. Medical prognosis of the likely impact of the condition will be the normal route to establishing protection under this provision. Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the 21st Century (Alice Wong, ed.),” Diane R. Wiener, June 2020, Volume 14, Issue 2, Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature. Q+A with Alice Wong on her new book, “Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the 21st Century,” Linda Williams, June 30, 2020, Invisible Disability Project.

Measures should be introduced to implement the Care Quality Commission’s person-centred approach on mental health service provision, including through contracts with ‘community partners’. Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century,” Nila Gupta, August 3, 2020, Disability Arts Online. Read a review on Shelf Awareness in which it describes Disability Visibility as “a raw, emotional collection, an investment in the power of storytelling to foster vibrant connections and an unapologetic rejection of ‘internalized ableism.’” impairments with fluctuating or recurring effects such as rheumatoid arthritis, myalgic encephalitis (ME), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia, depression and epilepsy Housing associations must be externally monitored on how well they adhere to their own policies on equality diversity and inclusion, and the Equality Act, which too many still consider optional.

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If your impairment would make things harder for you without any medicine, treatment or assistive technology, you might be disabled under the Equality Act.B25. Examples of disfigurements include scars, birthmarks, limb or postural deformation (including restricted bodily development), or diseases of the skin. Assessing severity will be mainly a matter of the degree of the disfigurement which may involve taking into account factors such as the nature, size, and prominence of the disfigurement. However, You might have an impairment that comes and goes so it only affects you for less than 12 months at a time. Lots of conditions come and go, for example arthritis, fibromyalgia, depression or epilepsy. You might call them fluctuating or recurring conditions, or conditions that flare up.