Scope of ‘disability’ is extended

A landmark ruling in the House of Lords means disabled people with intermittently occurring conditions will be protected from discrimination. The Lords agreed that people with a physical or mental condition that varied in its severity over time should still be termed disabled.
 

Language does not simply reflect what is going on in organisational life: it also influences what people think and what they do

Linda Holbeche, director of the Holbeche Partnership and visiting professor of HRM/OD at Cass Business School