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What counts as a disability according to local authorities?
Although the DDA is important, many disabled people require services from their local authority via social services. Your local authority’s definition is defined by the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, National Assistance Act 1948. It says that a disabled person is someone who is ‘substantially and permanently handicapped’, someone ‘blind; deaf or dumb’ or who ‘suffers from a mental disorder of any description’.

This definition is used to decide who is entitled to community care services. For example, they will use this definition to decide who is entitled to services. These include:

  • Aids and Equipment for daily living
  • Alarm systems
  • Day services
  • Education services
  • Holidays
  • Home care
  • Housing adaptations and suitable housing
  • Laundry services
  • Meals on Wheels
  • Parking concessions (Blue Badges)
  • Recreational activities
  • Registration as a disabled person
  • Residential/nursing home care
  • Respite care and services for carers

When deciding whether a person should receive services, the local authority may take into account its own eligibility criteria. This is the local authority’s own list of priorities, which decide who should receive care and the level of service will be provided.


 
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