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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1763676" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>Under the Equality Act 2010, which replaced the Disability Discrimination Act, a person is disabled if they have a long term health condition that would have a significant adverse impact on their ability to carry out day to day activities if it weren't treated. So type 1 is definitely a disability because if it weren't treated, the person with type 1 would die, which has a fairly significant impact on the ability to do day to day activities. But type 2 is a bit of a grey area. It has been held that untreated type 2 is not a disability, because it's already untreated and day to day activity happens fine (<em>Metroline travel ltd v Stoute</em>). So, whether you type 2 diabetes is a disability depends on how it is treated. How is your diabetes treated?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1763676, member: 32394"] Under the Equality Act 2010, which replaced the Disability Discrimination Act, a person is disabled if they have a long term health condition that would have a significant adverse impact on their ability to carry out day to day activities if it weren't treated. So type 1 is definitely a disability because if it weren't treated, the person with type 1 would die, which has a fairly significant impact on the ability to do day to day activities. But type 2 is a bit of a grey area. It has been held that untreated type 2 is not a disability, because it's already untreated and day to day activity happens fine ([I]Metroline travel ltd v Stoute[/I]). So, whether you type 2 diabetes is a disability depends on how it is treated. How is your diabetes treated? [/QUOTE]
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