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In England, are people with an ASD considered disabled and/or vulnerable under English Law?

zone_tripper
over 12 years ago

In England, under English Law (Mental Health Capacity Act, Vunerable Adults Act, Disability Discrimination Act, Equalities Act, Autism Act, etc), are adults with an ASD considered to be disabled, mentally disabled, vulnerable adults, or similar?

And if so, what are the legal rights of such ASD suffers, what are they entitled to that differ from a non-ASD person, so on and so forth, etc? 

(I have Asperger Syndrome and suffer badly from depression, anxiety, paranoia, fear for the future, difficulty coping with change, etc.  So I am wondering whether I am considered as having a disablity, a mental disability, and/or considered a vulnerable adult.)

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  • over 12 years ago

    ALADDIN said:

    Not everyone on the autistic spectrum is disabled.

    True enough.  However, I was wondering how people with ASD / Autism / Asperger are legally defined as under English Law.  Not so much how we define ourselves, but how we are defined as under English Law and what are our rights / benefits if we are defined as having a disability. 

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  • over 12 years ago

    ALADDIN said:

    Not everyone on the autistic spectrum is disabled.

    True enough.  However, I was wondering how people with ASD / Autism / Asperger are legally defined as under English Law.  Not so much how we define ourselves, but how we are defined as under English Law and what are our rights / benefits if we are defined as having a disability. 

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