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.
