Preparing Children for a Successful Future
Please read this – it may help explain what we mean by disability.
DOES ELVIS HAVE A DISABILITY?
1. Does Elvis have a difficulty with any of the following „normal day-to-day activities‟?
Mobility:
getting to/from school, moving about the school and/or going on school visits
Manual dexterity:
holding a pen pencil or book, using tools in design and technology, playing a musical
instrument, throwing and catching a ball
Physical co-ordination:
washing or dressing, taking part in games and PE
Ability to lift, carry or otherwise move every day objects:
carrying a full school bag or other fairly
heavy items
Continence:
going to the toilet or controlling the need to go to the toilet.
Speech:
communicating with others or understanding what others are saying. How they express
themselves orally or in writing
Hearing:
hearing what people say in person or on a video, DVD, radio or tape recording
Eyesight:
ability to see clearly (with spectacles/contact lenses where necessary), including any visual
presentations in the classroom
Memory or ability to concentrate learn or understand:
work in school including reading, writing,
number work or understanding information
Perception of the risk of physical danger:
inability to recognise danger e.g. when jumping from a
height, touching hot objects or crossing roads
Some long-term or progressive medical conditions:
e.g. severe asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, cancer,
HIV, schizophrenia etc
2. Is Elvis‟s difficulty caused by an underlying impairment or condition?
3. Has Elvis‟s impairment or condition lasted a year or more?
4. Is the effect of Elvis‟s impairment or condition „more than minor or trivial‟?
If you have answered yes to questions 1 to 4, then Elvis is probably disabled under the Disability
Discrimination Act. If Elvis receives medical or other treatment to reduce or remove the effects of his
condition, he may still be disabled. The test is whether the effects would recur if he were to stop his
treatment
