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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1526420" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>Im not sure that's correct. The test for whether you have a disability under the equality act 2010 is whether you have a condition that has an adverse impact on your ability to carry out day to day activities without treatment. A type 1 diabetic without treatment will be dead (which would certainly have an adverse impact on ability to do day to day activities) so a type 1 is disabled under the equality act. For type 2 diabetics it is a bit more of a grey area, a type 2 diabetic not on any medication is already without treatment with no adverse impact on day to day activities and therefore not disabled:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.thorntons-law.co.uk/knowledge/blog/blog-overview/can-type-2-diabetes-be-a-disability" target="_blank">https://www.thorntons-law.co.uk/knowledge/blog/blog-overview/can-type-2-diabetes-be-a-disability</a></p><p><a href="https://www.dacbeachcroft.com/en/gb/articles/2015/april/disability-discrimination-type-2-diabetes-was-not-a-disability/" target="_blank">https://www.dacbeachcroft.com/en/gb/articles/2015/april/disability-discrimination-type-2-diabetes-was-not-a-disability/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1526420, member: 32394"] Im not sure that's correct. The test for whether you have a disability under the equality act 2010 is whether you have a condition that has an adverse impact on your ability to carry out day to day activities without treatment. A type 1 diabetic without treatment will be dead (which would certainly have an adverse impact on ability to do day to day activities) so a type 1 is disabled under the equality act. For type 2 diabetics it is a bit more of a grey area, a type 2 diabetic not on any medication is already without treatment with no adverse impact on day to day activities and therefore not disabled: [URL]https://www.thorntons-law.co.uk/knowledge/blog/blog-overview/can-type-2-diabetes-be-a-disability[/URL] [URL]https://www.dacbeachcroft.com/en/gb/articles/2015/april/disability-discrimination-type-2-diabetes-was-not-a-disability/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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