James Campbell is bald, but not disabled. At least not physically.

James Campbell learned the hard way that baldness is not a disability (except with the ladies). Formerly an art teacher at Denny High School in Stirlingshire, England Scotland, the 61-year-old man claimed he was a victim of disability discrimination because his students made fun of his baldness. Well, he lost his case, obviously. The Glasgow tribunal admitted that Campbell’s baldness opened him up for some great jokes, but wouldn’t go so far as to call it a a disability.

Baldness isn’t a disability. Not having legs is. There’s a difference. Robert Gall of the Glasgow tribunal stated the obvious when he said that “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.”

Apparently Campbell avoided corridors in his school to avoid the “baldy” taunts from students, and left school right away each night to avoid kids. What kind of teacher is that? We know he’s an art teacher, but how soft can you be? Really? A teacher who lets his kids make fun of him has more problems than baldness. More like ball-less-ness.

[BBC]

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