A diagnosis does not exactly mean that you are disabled but a doctor making a diagnosis may say that, in his opinion, the patient is subject to the equality act due to the impact of the condition. So, technically you can have a diagnosis but not be disabled. As I understand it this is not a common situation and doctors generally refrain from diagnosing people unless they consider that the patient is disabled.
I ended up with a doctors opinion that I had ASD and then an occupational health doctor stated that, in his opinion, my condition was such that I was likely to be protected by the provisions of the equality act. On the basis of that, I was able to demand "reasonable adjustments".
A diagnosis does not exactly mean that you are disabled but a doctor making a diagnosis may say that, in his opinion, the patient is subject to the equality act due to the impact of the condition. So, technically you can have a diagnosis but not be disabled. As I understand it this is not a common situation and doctors generally refrain from diagnosing people unless they consider that the patient is disabled.
I ended up with a doctors opinion that I had ASD and then an occupational health doctor stated that, in his opinion, my condition was such that I was likely to be protected by the provisions of the equality act. On the basis of that, I was able to demand "reasonable adjustments".
