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Am I disabled

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When I have come across questions like this I normally tick yes but then say that although covered by the DDA I don't consider myself disabled.

I think in law if you end up having to pursue discrimination because of a condition it is a lot harder if you haven't declared the condition.

I am not a lawyer but this is the understanding I have picked up along the way.
 
In the end I started ticking the yes box, only for my protection, I have another illness which with out treatment I consider just as bad and which DVLA revoked my licence for. Took me over 12 months to get it back, after proving treatment was working and the hospital were happy with me.
 
Lauras87 said:
The comment about giving it to someone who deserves it relates to the 2 people at work who make my life hell.
I'm currently being treat like s**t because I was off work due to the infection & side affects of the medications I was taking which they thought was unfair of me to be off (vomiting & a temperature with the added joy of ketones) when we were short staffed.
I'd like them to be me for a week & I don't think I'd be bullied like I am if they had to experience it.
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Laura, I completely get where you're coming from! Does it sound spiteful to say someone *deserves* to get T1? Yes. Have I ever thought the same thing myself? Yes yes yes! Sometimes life with D is sh1t enough, without other thoughtless individuals making your life a misery. My son is a kind and gentle lad, but has been bullied in the past, and as I'm not a saint I have wished those other little brats could experience some of what he has to put up with night and day. And their parents too! But of course if I had magical powers I wouldn't waste them inflicting T1 on mean and nasty people; I would go round curing the folks who already have T1! 🙂
 
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