Wong believes that people in the disabled community have a lot to teach and share, from experiences regarding their disability to things beyond perceived limitations. DVP aims to showcase stories that say disabled people should be valued as people. D6. Also, whether an activity is a normal day-to-day activity should not be determined by whether it is more normal for it to be carried out at a particular time of day. For example, getting out of bed and getting dressed are activities that are normally associated with the morning. They may be carried out much later in the day by workers who work night shifts, but they would still be considered to be normal day-to- day activities. Four years ago, a woman experienced a mental illness that had a substantial and long-term adverse effect on her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities, so it met the Act’s definition of disability. She has experienced no recurrence of the condition, but if she is discriminated against because of her past mental illness she is still entitled to the protection afforded by the Act, as a person with a past disability. World Health Organization, International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) external icon . Geneva: 2001, WHO. a b June 27, Laura Shumaker on; AM, 2014 at 10:21 (2014-06-27). "StoryCorp Disability Visibility Project launches in SF Bay Area". Laura Shumaker . Retrieved 2020-10-15.

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This guidance is issued by the Secretary of State under section 6(5) of the Equality Act 2010. In this document, any reference to ‘the Act’ means the Equality Act 2010. A young boy aged 8 has been experiencing muscle cramps and some weakness. The effects are quite minor at present, but he has been diagnosed as having muscular dystrophy. Eventually it is expected that the resulting muscle weakness will cause substantial adverse effects on his ability to walk, run and climb stairs. Although there is no substantial adverse effect at present, muscular dystrophy is a progressive condition, and this child will still be entitled to the protection of the Act under the special provisions in Sch1, Para 8 of the Act if it can be shown that the effects are likely to become substantial. One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people,just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act,

This guidance does not impose any legal obligations in itself, nor is it an authoritative statement of the law. The Disability Visibility Project works with StoryCorps to encourage and allow disabled people to record their own oral histories and to share their lived experiences of disability.

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experiencing some tiredness or minor discomfort as a result of walking unaided for a distance of about 1.5 kilometres or one mile In contrast, a woman has two discrete episodes of depression within a ten-month period. In month one she loses her job and has a period of depression lasting six weeks. In month nine she experiences a bereavement and has a further episode of depression lasting eight weeks. Even though she has experienced two episodes of depression she will not be covered by the Act. This is because, as at this stage, the effects of her impairment have not yet lasted more than 12 months after the first occurrence, and there is no evidence that these episodes are part of an underlying condition of depression which is likely to recur beyond the 12-month period. However, if there was evidence to show that the two episodes did arise from an underlying condition of depression, the effects of which are likely to recur beyond the 12-month period, she would satisfy the long term requirement. As part of our Disability Visibility action plan, we are collated experiences of interaction with housing associations by disabled people. The accounts formed a testimony on disability discrimination, and is used for political lobbying, press work and more generally to highlight the additional barriers (and on occasions outright hostility) many disabled tenants and residents experience. See the SHAC Testimony on Disability and Housing AssociationsDisability Visibility Project | @DisVisibility". Smart Cities Library™. 2017-11-07 . Retrieved 2020-10-13. D5. A normal day-to-day activity is not necessarily one that is carried out by a majority of people. For example, it is possible that some activities might be carried out only, or more predominantly, by people of a particular gender, such as breast-feeding or applying make-up, and cannot therefore be said to be normal for most people. They would nevertheless be considered to be normal day-to-day activities. A six-year-old child has been diagnosed as having autism. He has difficulty communicating through speech and in recognising when someone is happy or sad. When going somewhere new or taking a different route he can become very anxious. Each of these factors amounts to a substantial adverse effect on his ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities, such as holding a conversation or enjoying a day trip, even for such a young child.