Do you consider yourself to have a disability? * *
The Equalities Act defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long term adverse effect on their ability to perform normal day to day activities. It also covers people who have been diagnosed with HIV, cancer or multiple sclerosis ('substantial' means more than minor or trivial, 'long-term' means that the effect of the impairment has lasted or is likely to last for at least twelve months, 'normal day-to-day activities' include everyday things like eating, washing, walking and going shopping)