[2024] UKUT 406 (AAC)

Section B deals with the requirement for a person’s impairment to have a substantial adverse effect on ability to carry out normal day-today activities. Section B identifies matters that might be relevant to the question whether an impairment has a substantial adverse effect including the way in which an activity is carried out (B3), cumulative effect of an impairment (beginning at B4), and the effects of behaviour (beginning at B7) including that “account should be taken of how far a person can reasonably be expected to modify his or her behaviour, for example by use of a coping or avoidance strategy, to prevent or reduce the effects of an impairment on normal day-to-day activities”;

Section D deals with ‘normal day-to-day activities’ and the ‘adverse effect’ requirement. D3 states that “day-to-day activities are things people do on a regular or daily basis” and “can include…education-related activities”. D7 states that “in considering the ability of a child aged six or over to carry out a normal day-to-day activity, it is necessary to take account of the level of achievement which would be normal for a person of a similar age”;