Discrimination query

[fightingtheschool]

Ds has a recent ds (HFA/PDA) and I am considering making a disability discrimination claim. At the time of the incident he had a sm for complex behavioural/communication difficulties but no dx. Would he have been considered disabled under the discrimination policy? I have searched on Google but not found a clear answer.

not looked into this in any great depth admittedly, but I would have thought so, as the definition relates to an impairment that has a substantial and negative long-term effect on day to day activity, and would have thought that having an sm for the reasons he had one would suffice.

this is how rethink (MH charity) interpret it:-

What is a 'mental impairment'?
There is not a strict definition of mental impairment in the Equality Act, but there is an emphasis on the symptoms of an illness rather than the diagnosis itself.