Is A Visual Impairment A Disability If It Can Be Treated?

Double vision correctable by wearing a contact lens in one eye did not qualify as a disability.

What is a disability?

A condition will be a disability under the Equality Act 2010 if it is a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on someone's ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. The adverse effect will be long term if it has lasted or is likely to last for 12 months (or until the end of the person's life where the condition is terminal).

Often the key question for a tribunal where disability is disputed by an employer will be whether the impairment had the required substantial adverse impact on what the claimant can do.