Conditions that can be corrected by medication or treatment 


The EA 10 (Schedule 1 Part 1, section 5(1)(b)) says that where effects of an impairment can be removed by using interventions, for example, drugs or a prosthetic limb, these should be disregarded when deciding whether the individual is disabled. There is an exception for ordinary spectacles and contact lenses.


In Metroline Travel Limited v Stoute [2015] UKEAT 0302/14/2601, the EAT confirmed that a need to follow a particular diet for medical reasons can be a “treatment or correction” that must be ignored when assessing the effect of an impairment, but then went on to rule that the need to abstain from sugary drinks to control Type 2 diabetes did not qualify as a “treatment or correction”.