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UK Equality Act 2010:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15
Notable sections:
Section 6 (1) - ”a person has a disability if”
(A) Person has a physical or mental impairment, and
(B) the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on person's ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
Section 20 - ”Duty to make reasonable adjustments”
Section 21 - “Failure to comply with duty” *
*Please contact Citizens Advice or your workplace Union if you feel you are not getting the reasonable adjustments which you have been assessed as needing.
The Law Society has an excellent Reasonable Adjustment Best Practice Guide which I have listed in useful guides