Recognise Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) as an impairment under equality law

Background

Issue Regulations to grant Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) the status of an impairment under Schedule 1 of the Equality Act 2010, applying the same immediate statutory legal protections currently given to severe conditions like Cancer, HIV, and Multiple Sclerosis.

Additional details

Proving a fluctuating illness can leave ME/CFS patients exposed to workplace discrimination. Under Schedule 1 of the Equality Act 2010, Parliament has already established a powerful precedent by allowing regulations to determine impairments from diagnosis for severe conditions like MS, HIV, and Cancer, completely bypassing functional tests. As ME/CFS can cause profound physical impairment and lacks a cure, we believe it must receive the exact same statutory protections to guarantee immediate legal rights.

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