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The official 2024 budget discussion.
Howdy folks. So today is the day many have been dreading, so to help us support each other and keep things a bit tidier, I thought it'd be good to have just one discussion about the budget, so others needing help don't get lost in lots of discussions saying the same thing. Scope will of course make an official statement,…
Experiences of recruiting private caregivers/PA’s
Does anyone else have difficulty recruiting reliable caregivers? It’s a very frustrating situation and the uncertainty/lack of control emphasises the fact that I am obviously disabled and makes me feel more disabled - applying the social model of disability. I have tried using platforms such as Curam Care which are great…
New style ESA still demanding fit notes
Hi everyone, Can someone please advise me about this issue. I receive UC with my wife who cares for me. I was awarded LCWRA in May 2024. My long term ssp came to an end on the 27th September 2024. I applied for NS ESA before this date and have been awarded contribution based ESA which they say is for 13 weeks before the…
Word Association Game
I think it's fun how some of our threads can go from topic to topic and end up somewhere completely different. If I write a word, the next poster writes the first word that comes into their heads- keeping it as clean as per any forum rules. So if I put dog, someone might say cat or walk. And so on....... First word is Cake
Looking for research participants for my PhD project
Hello there, My name is Leon and I’m a doctoral researcher at the university of West London, I am doing my PhD on enhancing automatic speech recognition for dysarthric speakers (i also have dysarthria). I am currently looking for volunteers to support my project with the data collection requirement. This would involve…
Carers allowance
Any idea how long it takes once you apply for carers allowance, applied 9 weeks ago, got confirmation straight away to say they recieved it and normally hear in 6 weeks but nothing, thankyou
Mental health
One mental health worker I visited told me I have EUPD . I was also given medication to help anxiety too .
In hospital and not for mental health this time
hi every one I have been having seizures since Friday the hospital admitted me there gonna get me to see a specialist .
Tell us some boring news.
There's intrigue in the mundane and so today we're asking you to share: what is something boring you've done lately? Emptied the kitchen bin? Run out of teabags? Bought a clothes airer? Cleaned the oven? Tell us. I'll go: I walked to the shop to post a parcel, but I'd accidentally deleted the digital label they needed to…
The person below me
Make a guess about the next poster, the next poster responds to your guess answering if it's true or false and then makes their own guess about the next poster. For example: Poster 1- The poster below me hates cheese Poster 2- False, I love it and eat it every day! The person below me likes dancing

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