In order to have any protection under the Disability Discrimination Act, you’ve got to be disabled under the precise definition contained in the act which is:

“a physical or mental which has a substantial and long term adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day to day activities”.

The kinds of disabilities covered under the act include:
- Physical disabilities that affect movement and the senses, such as sight and
- illnesses, depression and learning disabilities
- Severe disfigurement
- Progressive conditions such as or multiple sclerosis

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A1184672 Last accessed 20th March 2007-03-20