5. Do you identify as D/deaf, and/or do you consider yourself to have a disability or long-term health condition?
A disabled person under the Equality Act 2010 is described as anyone with ‘a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities’. This definition can be broken down to help explain the meaning of disability.
♣ Physical impairment
(e.g. visual impairment, paralysis, heart disease and progressive conditions)
♣ Mental impairment
(Includes an impairment resulting from or consisting of a mental illness)
♣ Substantial
(The effect of the impairment on ability to carry out normal day to day activities)
♣ Long term
(Has, or is likely to last at least 12 months)
♣ Normal day to day activity
(Normal activity for most people and carried out on a regular basis)