10. What is ‘continual supervision’?
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10. What is ‘continual supervision’?
Supervision means you need someone around to avoid substantial danger to yourself or other people. The words used are ‘continual supervision’. This means frequent or regular, but not non-stop; you don’t have to show you need supervision every single minute. The supervision doesn’t have to prevent the danger completely, but must result in ‘a real reduction in the risk of harm’ to you ( R(A)3/92 ).
If you would have to restrict your lifestyle in order to keep safe without needing help, the question is whether or not those restrictions are reasonable. Do they allow you to have anything approaching a normal life?
C(A)40/1988; R(A)3/89
The continual supervision test has four parts.
    ■You must show that your medical condition is such that it may (not will) give rise to substantial danger to yourself or to others. The danger to you could arise from your own actions or from the actions of other people. The danger to others could be wholly unintended (eg if you
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