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- Tue 11 Feb 2014 5:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Equality Act 2010 - is KC a disability?
- Replies: 32
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Re: Equality Act 2010 - is KC a disability?
To be honest, I'm not convinced that cancer is automatically a disability either. Well according to the legal rules of play Grant, the Equality Act, cancer becomes a disability upon diagnosis, as it is a also a debilitating progressive disease. So why is KC treated differently Grant? when you becom...
- Sat 08 Feb 2014 8:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Double vision post graft
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2311
Double vision post graft
No major problems - rejection/infection (just a bit of a droopy eyelid feeling) so far with my graft which was done on 5 November however on Monday I experienced double vision after 5 hours of interrogation by the Judge at a Preliminary Tribunal hearing for unfair dismissal. Have any KC graftees exp...
- Sat 08 Feb 2014 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Equality Act 2010 - is KC a disability?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 24973
Re: Equality Act 2010 - is KC a disability?
Thats the problem we have. Some people can cope and say they are not disadvantaged. Then theres the others who do have problems even when corrected. As long as we have this divide then the government and other bodies will always side with the non disadvantaged. What people need to start realising i...
- Fri 07 Feb 2014 11:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Tribunal awards 2nd highest amount to Police Officer with KC
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4487
Re: Tribunal awards 2nd highest amount to Police Officer wit
This case is now quite dated, 2008 and would have fallen under the Disability Discrimination Act. I am surprised this case as not been identified already on this forum. It would be interesting to know how many KCers have been dismissed at work, via Tribunal cases. Does our charity have any data? I a...
- Fri 07 Feb 2014 11:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Equality Act 2010 - is KC a disability?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 24973
Re: Equality Act 2010 - is KC a disability?
Personally, the Snellen definition when wearing glasses/lenses seems like a sensible and pragmatic definition of when sight loss becomes a disability. Thanks for the information/references Grant. I'm focused on the objective measure because then we all know were the partial sight threshold stands. ...
- Thu 06 Feb 2014 7:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Equality Act 2010 - is KC a disability?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 24973
Re: Equality Act 2010 - is KC a disability?
Anne you have not objectively answered my question. Another tough key question - so why do people diagnosed with Cancer, HIV, and MS get classified as disabled and not keratoconics? I suspect its most likely due to a high level of representation/campaigning/lobbying and support from their registered...
- Thu 06 Feb 2014 1:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Equality Act 2010 - is KC a disability?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 24973
Re: Equality Act 2010 - is KC a disability?
Is there anyone able and willing to address the tough key question that I have previously raised on this thread:-
In relation to the Equality Act what is the threshold level of vision for the definition of "partial sight" ?
In relation to the Equality Act what is the threshold level of vision for the definition of "partial sight" ?
- Tue 04 Feb 2014 9:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Tribunal awards 2nd highest amount to Police Officer with KC
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4487
- Sun 02 Feb 2014 1:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Eyelid drooping
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10908
Re: Eyelid drooping
Good luck Laura with your surgeon and let us know the feedback.
I asked my GP about the steroids and he confirmed that the negative effect is to weaken muscles when taken internally but was not sure of effect if applied by drops in the eye.
I asked my GP about the steroids and he confirmed that the negative effect is to weaken muscles when taken internally but was not sure of effect if applied by drops in the eye.
- Thu 30 Jan 2014 4:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Equality Act 2010 - is KC a disability?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 24973
Re: Equality Act 2010 - is KC a disability?
is defined as the number of lines a person can read on the Snellen chart WITH any glasses or contact lenses, Please could you inform us what the specific objective measured (not subjective) definitive level of "partial sight" is For many people with KC, the condition stays mild or stabili...