Bald teacher loses disability claim
April 16th, 2008
From the BBC:
A retired art teacher in Scotland has lost his claim that he was the victim of disability discrimination because of his baldness. James Campbell, 61, had alleged that pupils at Denny High School in Stirlingshire perceived his baldness as a weakness.
In his ruling, the tribunal judge said baldness was “not an impairment.”
The former teacher, who retired in 2007, said he avoided corridors in the school where he would meet pupils to avoid them shouting ”baldy”. He added: ”I left school later at night after the bell went to avoid the kids.”
… Tribunal judge Robert Gall said that because Mr Campbell’s baldness was used by others to taunt him, it did not mean it was a disability.”If baldness was to be regarded as an impairment then perhaps a physical feature such as a big nose, big ears or being smaller than average height might of themselves be regarded as an impairment under the Disability Discrimination Act.”
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