What are ‘normal day-to-day activities’?
They are activities which are carried out by most people on a fairly regular and frequent basis. The term is not intended to include activities which are normal only for a particular person or group of people, such as playing a musical instrument, or a sport, to a professional standard or performing a skilled or specialised task at work. However, someone who is affected in such a specialised way but is also affected in normal day to day activities would be covered by this part of the definition. The test of whether an impairment affects normal day-to-day activities is whether it affects one of the broad categories of capacity listed in Schedule 1 to the Act. They are: ■ mobility ■ manual dexterity ■ physical co-ordination ■ continence ■ ability to lift, carry or otherwise move everyday objects ■ speech, hearing or eyesight ■ memory or ability to concentrate, learn or understand, or ■ perception of the risk of physical danger.
