Learning disability
A learning disability affects the way a person understands information and how they communicate, and happens when a person's brain development is affected, either before they are born, during their birth or in early childhood.
Note: Although disablement must be caused by a physical or mental health condition, it is the needs and difficulties that result which will determine entitlement rather than the condition itself. As a result, whilst the case law below may be of assistance, it will be important to also look at the case law relating to the activities and issues that affect you too.
Case law
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Mental health descriptors can apply where mental, cognitive or intellectual disablement may be physical in origin
- [2016] UKUT 401 (AAC)
- CE/3475/2015
- NC v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (ESA)