Life with a disability
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The Equality Act 2010 defines a disabled person as anyone who has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out day-to-day activities. These impairments include:
- loss of limbs
- multiple sclerosis
- heart disease
- Down’s syndrome
- learning difficulties
- mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety.
Older people are more likely to develop a disability and most disabled people are adults. More than ten millio...
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