Recognise endometriosis as a chronic illness in UK employment law

The Government's guidance on disability under the Equality Act 2010 states that you’re disabled if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities: https://www.gov.uk/definition-of-disability-under-equality-act-2010 There is not a list of conditions that meet this definition, but it is therefore already the case that under the Equality Act, anyone with a physical or a mental condition which has a substantial and long-term impact on your ability to do normal day to day activities is protected under the disability protected characteristic. This could cover people who have endometriosis, where this has a a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on their ability to do normal daily activities. You can find out more about showing that you're disabled under the Equality Act here: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/discrimination/protected-characteristics/showing-you-re-disabled-under-the-equality-act/ If you'd like more funding for research, care and support for endometriosis, you might like to sign these petitions: Increase funding for Endometriosis care and support https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702256 Increase funding for research and financial support for women with endometriosis https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/721175